"Okay, who HASN'T heard about the word 'determinism'? Mi Cherie, what is determinism?" -philosophy teacher
Determinism is-- oh, in math, you mean? Well, it's about knowing the missing variables, so that you could, like, get the answers...
Teacher: ...not in Math terms...
Oh, not in Math terms... well, then, determinism is knowing what will happen...to...your...like...life...
Teacher: Okay, so what does the '-ism' mean?
The '-ism'? I don't know what the ism means...
Teacher: Okay. *shifts--seemingly exasperated*
My thoughts: Great...
What is determinism?
I D-O-N-'-T know.
How should I know? English isn't even my primary language. Why keep on calling me?! (Not that I mind... at least I know that I'm going to pass my participation grade) Point is...
Determinism is apparently indeterminable...
Science is awesome. Physics is great. Math is like--science. They're both major subjects in, like, anything... (OK, that didn't make sense.)
Let's see what I learned today. I learned that some philosophers such as Descartes and some underground man...what's his name... Dostoevsky?... I think that's his name (Please don't tell on me to the-- uhmn... just, please don't tell on me...)
Anyway, lessee... where was I... oh yeah... I learned that some philosophers such as Descartes and some underground man -- bzzzzzttttt... *fast forward*
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... in the end, we all have our thoughts to ourselves.
THE END.
(whoops... rewind...)
...and Dostoevsky think OR [might have] implied that determinism hinders a human being's freedom of thought.
See, if everything in the world is predetermined and every one of us have our own genes or what-not that determines who we are in the end then that means that no matter how hard we try to 'make better' of our lives, we just can't do it.
Why?
Because there is something called the 'law of nature' that is just 'unstoppable,' or some other term--I don't know... (like I said, English... is not my primary language, it is however, my FIRST language--it's different...i watched Sesame Street when I was a kid, OK.)
Anyway, the law of nature is some kind of general law--like gravity is 9.8 m/s^2 or something like that--and that we could not change...
Well, yeah, that made sense. You can't change some specifics such as 3.14159265... is a pi. Or, a square has 4 sides, and a triangle has 3. A straight line has 180-degree angle--and 2x2 is four. You also can't change the fact that when you have 4 apples and gave away 3, you only have 1 left (unless, of course, they realized that they were plastic, and gave it back to you--then you'll still have 4).
My point is that there are things that you cannot change, and those are facts. That's why we have exams about stuff like science and math. It's because these facts would go on and on, unless some genius would like to prove otherwise, which I highly doubt because there's always another genius who would counter that "some genius"--then it will all go into a big debate that might even create a war of the science world...then where would we all be?
However, there ARE things that we CAN change, and these are OURSELVES. Our decisions in life don't always have to be based on facts. Our decisions in life are helped by facts, not the other way around. We aren't robots that are programmed to think only specifically. We, ourselves, are independent beings that can make the world a better place, if we make it. We have our ideas, don't we? Then let's work on that. Let's start on something simple. Let's change something. Let's make things better. Who wants to join me?
Now?
No! Uhmn, you know what, I'm kinda busy. I have a lot of things to do-- you know-- Life intervenes... School work, and stuff.. Sorry... Uhmn, I'll probably catch up with you later. You just go ahead.
I just wanted to say that in the end, we all have our thoughts to ourselves.
THE END
(when the philosophy teacher was asked what the meaning of 'determinism' is, apparently, he doesn't know THE DEFINITE meaning of it... oh well, then it was probably justifiable of me to stutter-- and rack my brain for an answer after all. Schnoff hagen!)
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