If I rewound back time, repeated the exact same experiment, given the exact same configuration of atoms in your brain, your current mood and personality and character, would there be any chance that you chose the carrot instead? If so, what changed? Is it just quantum luck? — tiffany
In dreams, we are merely spectators of actions we do. — tiffany
My stand is that we have little control over our personalities and our own actions. — tiffany
I believe we are not in control of our actions is our dreams. — tiffany
I think everything that's happening is the exact result of all the things that have happened in the past. — tiffany
Seen in the context I just described, this question is confusingly phrased. :chin: :wink: Our minds are parts of ourselves; our personalities are attributes or reflections of our minds (the whole mind, not just conscious awareness). If your question means "is my conscious mind in control of the rest of me?", then I think the answer is no. All of you is 'in control' of you.Do we control our minds and personalities?
In a different sense, nothing controls you, not even you. I mean to say that you live your life being you(rself), not controlling you(rself). — Pattern-chaser
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