This is not an argument for free will.
You can already find volumes of literature on free will vs. determinism. That
debate has been raging for a long time.
This is an exploration
Tell me if you’ve had this experience:
You’re in your car and you’re listening to a podcast. The guest says something
that pisses you off. You can’t believe someone
I lost my faith when I was 19. After spending time on the internet and
reflecting on everything I’d experienced, I realized that my beliefs about
religion were wrong. I had no
Terence McKenna [https://psychedelicreview.com/person/terence-mckenna/] did a
lot of drugs.
That’s an understatement. Timothy Leary, the figurehead of the 60s LSD
counterculture, called him the “Timothy Leary of the 90s.
You don’t typically think of Americans when you hear the word “philosopher.” But
Ralph Waldo Emerson is a special exception.
Emerson was an American philosopher
[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/emerson/#MajTheEme]