One would believe that either fate or circumstance is real. However, I believe in the circumstance led by your own choices, and also the fate that has been delivered to you. This means that there may be numerous events that are out of your control, but there are also steps that can be taken to bring you to a new point in your life. Not everyone may have the skill or talent, but by having grit and putting in effort, they can excel in their work. While some believe a fixed mindset is fate and out of your control, others prove that a growth mindset is by choice and free will. This is why that the entirety of our population can all be intelligent and break through the boundaries given to them if they just have a positive mindset that will allow …show more content…
The science can be found in your brain activity that shows of your mind actually picking a choice long before you may believe you are actually picking it.
Everyone is distinctly special, and no one ever acts the same. All of our brains function differently. Some of us may understand a new topic easily, while others may operate a little slower. However, this is not our fault, but rather our fate. Those who are a little slower may choose to give up, but for others, “...it was this combination of passion and perseverance that made high achievers special.” (Quast). It declares that rather than intelligence being a tremendous deciding factor on our future in jobs, or colleges, our dedication and determination can lead to our prosperity. The quote states that our perseverance can lead to high success, which is also why “...IQ and SAT scores aren’t a perfect indicator of someone's future success.” (Quast). These excerpts state how tests may not show your hard work and passion to being
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The matter is that our life events may be completely out of our own hand. However, we can take our own action in choosing to be who we are and where we want to be in life. In fact, there is also science that flatters this exquisite phenomenon. It is said that “...our brains decide a course of action before we know it.” (Gleiser) It also employs that the “...choices we think we are making, expressions of our freedom, are being made subconsciously…” The quote along with Benjamin Libet’s experiments in the 1980s using EEG and fMRI state that the section in our brain dedicated to making decisions is activated before we even approach our choice. It essentially defines that our brains establish our decisions long before we may be choosing to take that action. It also declares that “...the question of free will is not simply a black- and white or yes-and no kind of question, but rather one that embraces the full complexity of what it means to be human.” This is why both fate along with free will can pave our lives. Although nothing may seem to be for certain, everything that happens has a reason for it and our actions will always have consequences. Our behavior will lead us to the steps that we are at now, days, weeks, months, even years ahead in our
Actions are made by causes. We cannot predict everything in the future and with that said, human actions are made by laws. According to Baron d’Holbach, we have a will, but the will is not free because of self-preservation and well-being. Forces that are independent make an impact on us because it could create desires we didn’t think existed.
Destinys and Decisions “You are always only one decision away from a totally different life”(Unknown). Your destiny can be such a fragile thing, you slide between the path of success and the path of failure daily with the decisions you make. Often when you make a bad decision you are give a second chance. And these decisions and chances all lead up to your destiny.
In this well-thought, extensive piece by Matt Ridley, Free Will starts off humorously with the demonstration of free will and takes us through the factors that influence it. “Society, culture and nurture.” Ridley says, are the factors and elaborates to the full extent of life as to do we have free will or not. Defending his claim that free will can be obtained against the host of critics and their sources, he analyzes and contradicts through his extensive knowledge, strong examples, and his own host of supporting credible people to shield his claim; his rhetorical strategies strongly support and defend his claim. To support the very first claim that he steps on to about the influences of free will, Ridley says, “ Everyone’s fate is determined
Lastly, passage three contrasts with passage two in that society believes that high IQ, an innate ability that is out of one’s control, is the determinant in how successful people will be. However, innate IQ only matters to a point and beyond that there is no significant difference between high IQ people and average IQ
One thing is definite. No matter what, everything seems to fall into place eventually. The concept of fate is really interesting and intriguing. You just happen to hit every red light and didn’t make your appointment on time only to hear about how the building was engulfed in flames or you decide to visit a different coffee shoppe one day and meet the love of your life. We never know what will take place during our lifetime.
Many people think that just because someone is academically smart they’ll automatically achieve success. Just because someone has a high IQ doesn't mean they're guaranteed success. Authors such as Malcolm Gladwell in the Outliers gives many examples of why academic intelligence may not be enough. Social class, IQ, practical intelligence, and luck are key factors of achieving success.
“Determinism is the philosophical idea that every event or state of affairs, including every human decision and action, is the inevitable and necessary consequence of antecedent states of affairs”(Information Philosopher, 2015). It refers to the claim that, at any moment or place in time, there is only one possible future for the whole universe. However, the concept of determinism often comes into question when looking into whether human beings possess free will. Free Will can be defined as “the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one's own discretion” (Defence of Reason, 2014). The very definition of the terms determinism and free will appear to be conflicting however, many philosophical thinkers
Choosing Fate over Destiny Life is a journey of either Fate or Destiny. Fate is the result of giving in to one’s wounds and heartaches, Destiny unfolds when you unlock higher potential, Either way both leave an imprint on life’s path. Fate is what shapes a persons destiny, by choosing fate many are prone to living a fulfilled Life. Although destiny is ones dreams and aspirations no one should have to sit around waiting a lifetime for it. Anyone at any point in time should choose Fate over Destiny, this effect can lead just about anyone to well deserved outcomes and most of which
Fate is defined as the development of events that are not in an individual’s
Failures and successes in life have led many people to believe that destiny plays a role in one's future life outcome. Some say destiny, the “hidden power believed to control what will happen in the future”, is unchangeable; fate has already decided how one will live their life. Although in some cases this may be true, one is able to change their destiny by the deeds and actions they commit during their lifetime. Many people disregard the idea that actions play a large role in forming one's future.
Fate versus free will. Free will determines how people reach their destinies. This is shown in Macbeth by William Shakespeare through the characters actions. In the play Macbeth, lady Macbeth and Macbeth’s choices lead to their predetermined destinies. Free will controls most of the actions within the play, but fate still controls what happens in the end.
These tests promised a way to identify kids who could go further in their education, while separating them from the kids who learned slower and would need extra help. The tests also came with the notion of academic tracking in order to steer students onto a career path deemed appropriate for them (Gershon, 2015). Attempting to measure a student’s intelligence through a standardized test is beyond absurd. All students learn at a different pace. This means that, even if a student may not know a skill at the time of the test, it doesn’t mean that they will never know it.
“I believe the freedom to choose my course in life but I do not believe I am free to choose the consequences of my
Destiny over Free will Free will is a term unheard of nowhere days because of how much the media portrays that we have to do what other people say such as politicians. Some people are destined to think that everything we say and do has already been written out in a script somewhere in heaven and that God already knows what we are going to do before we even do it. People do not possess free will but are governed by fate because in Dante's Inferno the people who were brought down to hell were brought down because they were destined to go down the wrong path and that's why they are in hell and there are special places for people whose fate was a little too heinous and they were forced to go in the middle of heaven and hell and sometimes other people are also destined to lead us to our fate such as Virgil in Dante's inferno. People do not possess free will but are governed by fate because we think we have a choice to change our decisions but what if
In order for free will free will to be tangible, an individual would have to have control over his or her actions regardless of any external factors. It can be argued that the inevitability of