Everyone makes decisions, everyday and with all kinds of procedures in making them decide that choice. I’ve learned a lot in this class of important factors to consider when making a choice since it might also affect the people around me. Some concepts that really sticked into my mind are Murphy’s law, free choice vs determinism, and cognitive dissonance. I think these strategies really would help me in the future.
Murphy’s Law Sometimes people make bad decisions in life and couldn’t change anything about it. What we could only do is to change our decision making process and learn to make good decisions. Some ways are to think of the impacts due to our choices. The famous Murphy’s Law states, “If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong.” …show more content…
Determinism is the belief that everything is “determined” and there’s nothing that could be changed. The environment influences us. Free will is the belief that we could decide on our own paths and we are the ones influencing others. I personally feel that determinism and free will could occur together, but mostly by free will. Just like the poker card example in class. “The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will. (Jawaharlal Nehru)” I believe in free will more because I feel that we could change into the type of person who we want to be if we really tried. In the past, I took karate classes. It was hard, there’s a lot of exercising and movement. Everytime when I kicked the boxing bag, my feet would hurt and feel a type of burning. But, I kept practicing and successfully past my orange belt test. Another scenario would be during my sophomore year in high school. Everytime I take a test or write an essay in my global history class, the grade is very low. I thought that I wouldn’t be able to pass the regents. However, I kept studying and passed with a 96. From that point, I feel that we could control who we will
Murphy’s Law Sometimes people make bad decisions in life and couldn’t change anything about it. What we could only do is to change our decision making process and learn to make good decisions. Some ways are to think of the impacts due to our choices. The famous Murphy’s Law states, “If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong.” …show more content…
Determinism is the belief that everything is “determined” and there’s nothing that could be changed. The environment influences us. Free will is the belief that we could decide on our own paths and we are the ones influencing others. I personally feel that determinism and free will could occur together, but mostly by free will. Just like the poker card example in class. “The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will. (Jawaharlal Nehru)” I believe in free will more because I feel that we could change into the type of person who we want to be if we really tried. In the past, I took karate classes. It was hard, there’s a lot of exercising and movement. Everytime when I kicked the boxing bag, my feet would hurt and feel a type of burning. But, I kept practicing and successfully past my orange belt test. Another scenario would be during my sophomore year in high school. Everytime I take a test or write an essay in my global history class, the grade is very low. I thought that I wouldn’t be able to pass the regents. However, I kept studying and passed with a 96. From that point, I feel that we could control who we will