Why do people make the choices they do?

[impulse]

I was curious and wondering what peoples opinions are on why people make the decisioncs that they do.

 

[Optimus]

Short-term gain over long-term?

In the Subway restaurants, they have wallpaper of how the subways used to look waaaaay back. They had upholstered couches, fancy lamps...


All that would last 3 seconds on a subway system today. People would destroy and steal for the short-term gain/thrill, even though it would be great to have nice subway trains...

 

[snow patrol]

What the hell are you talking about?

 

[Pastore]

This could mean a million things... One meaning could be, why do people nef so much?

 

[piku]

I love subways. The ones in Montreal are bitchin. They run with rubber tires! Its so cool!

They move pretty fast too. I was surprised.

 

[Optimus]

Beast - I think neffing is a constant... much like the gravitational pull of the moon.

 

[Pastore]

hmm... does that have anything to do with astronomy? cuz if so, i have no clue what your talking about and if the gravitational pull of the moon is 1/6 of the earth, does a human weigh exactly 1/6 of his/her weight in relation to what the weight is on earth?

 

[Yeeny]

Woosh! That's the sound of this thread going over my head. How the heck did we go from people and their decisions, to Subway and the moon? I gotta go to bed....

 

[Balt]

Personally, I believe in determinism. I believe all of our actions are determined by physical factors and past events, and people have no 'free will'.

That's just MY belief, I in no way try to force that view on others. I don't discount the possibility of free will, but I find it extremely doubtful.

If you are interested in why I believe that way, read Holbach's "The Illusion of Free Will" and possibly Smart's "Sensations and Brain Processes" as well.

 

[Dameon]

All hail El Neffe!