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Free Will and Instinct

  Free Will and Instinct Inspired by the Boyd Rice v Bob Larson debates Long have the religious and irreligious argued over the concept of free will, but what is the most likely answer? Well, to begin, this is in part an argument of nature vs. nurture, which as is known a give and take idea, it’s a bit of both. People understand their nature through nurture, and vice versa- whether on an unconscious level or consciously.  Similarly, will is based on instinct. People’s will is directed by their instincts, typically upon inherently carnal tendencies: feasting, fighting, fucking- we only happen to exist in an era where the options of which exploration and indulgence in these instincts is very easily possible. People can go on their phones and fulfill most every one of these needs, on a dopamine level; they can order food (feast), watch porn or get a hookup on an app (fuck), or argue on the internet because nothing feels better than arguing with intellectual inferiors on the internet (fig