Reducing self-control by weakening belief in free will Believing in free will may arise from a biological need for control. People induced to disbelieve in free will show impulsive and antisocial tendencies, suggesting a reduction of the willingness to exert self-control. (…) findings show that undermining free will can degrade self-control and provide insights into how disbelieving in free will leads to antisocial tendencies.   I do what I whant. sorta. [img]

Reducing self-control by weakening belief in free will

Believing in free will may arise from a biological need for control.

People induced to disbelieve in free will show impulsive and antisocial tendencies, suggesting a reduction of the willingness to exert self-control. (…) findings show that undermining free will can degrade self-control and provide insights into how disbelieving in free will leads to antisocial tendencies.  

I do what I whant. sorta.

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    interesting…and true
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  9. icrappoetry said: what conception of freewill is at issue? compatibilist? libertarian? For example, when philosophy students come to agree with Hume about compatibilism, they don’t generally start to show any more anti-social rendencies than they used to!
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  18. thoughtcontainment said: I hope this isn’t your very own mugshot, pd8.