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505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Thu, Jan 25, 2024, 4:11 PM Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> wrote: > Walter White was drawn into that life as sure as water runs downhill. > Watching him go deeper and deeper was like repeating “step” in GDB. > > > > *From:* Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Jochen Fromm > *Sent:* Thursday, January 25, 2024 1:34 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > friam@redfish.com> > *Subject:* [FRIAM] Breaking Bad and Free Will > > > > Since one of you mentioned today that free will is a recurring FRIAM topic > I was thinking about it and found this SCIAM article that argues that human > beings do have the power to make conscious choices. > > https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/free-will-is-only-an-illusion-if-you-are-too/ > > On the other hand the drug addicts in Breaking Bad and elsewhere clearly > demonstrate that drug addiction inevitably takes away our free will and > replaces it by a strong compulsion to get and consume the drug, no matter > how devastating the consequences are. > > > > Robert McKee says in his book "Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the > Principles of Screenwriting" that true character is revealed in the choices > a human being makes under pressure. Could you say that a strong character > or personality reduce our free will too, because they restrict our choices > and decisions? > > > > -J. > > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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