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Neuroscientist, author, and professorYou cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, your fetal environment, your genes, whether your ancestors were farmers or herders. Let me state this most broadly, probably at this point too broadly for most readers: we are nothing more or less than the cumulative biological and environmental luck, over which we had no control, that has brought us to any moment. (source)Astrophysicist, author, science communicatorToday no one is saying: did you have the free will to not have an epileptic seizure? Of course not. Do you have the free will to not be depressed? The person who's ready to jump off the bridge in that instant, do they have the free will to not jump off the bridge I don't think so. And the more I add up and explore the human condition I'm forced to conclude that the direction we are headed is that we are all products of an absence of free will. As a result, society needs more compassion for people who do not otherwise fit in. (source)Choose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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American author, philosopher, and neuroscientistwould say according to AI:A shallow grasp of Stoicism might lead one to misinterpret its depth and practicality, potentially resulting in an emotionally detached or fatalistic attitude that could hinder genuine well-being.Choose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Author on power and strategywould say according to AI:A simplistic understanding of Stoicism may lead people to suppress emotions or misapply indifference, undermining the rich depth of Stoic philosophy which, when fully grasped, actually enhances well-being by teaching us resilience and the value of focusing on what we can control.Choose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.