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  • So true lol when I figured this out,I was pretty pissed how controlled I was, bound to psychological categories of how we are because of influences.It's unavoidable, but there truly isn't free will.We're basically built in a certain way to act the way we act and choose the way we choose. We become who we are with our surroundings and ppl around us, so in the end, we decide on what we've been turned into by everything we've been through. Thats y psychologists can understand ppl really quick.

  • So you are looking for a will outside the body/ not influenced by the body? Well then you are looking for the soul, and good luck with that...

  • To you, what are the implications of there being "little" free will? The only thing I can derive from that belief is freedom from responsibility for bad choices. I mean, there are definitely lots of physical and chemical laws that govern how we behave, it's entirely probably that electrical laws and other unknown physical laws determine what seem to be our free choices... But we still make those choices based on what we know, and those choices still impact the world around us.

  • Oh wait here's a question.

    You think that it's horrible to cheat on someone, or rape someone or murder someone.

    Are you (and I, because I don't believe in free will) saying that it's out of someone's control to murder, rape, and cheat on someone?

  • I do not believe in free will. At all. For some reason it's the latest of your videos that I 100% agree with :)

  • uhh.. free will is if you choose to steal or kill or something or not? right. its not really related to like emotions and sexual impulses. but i still love you and im going to like ur video and continue to be subscribed and all i just think ur a lil confused on this subject.

  • You can have weakness and desire- but that doesn't mean we have to act on it. Most of people does, it's fact. But things like boner and hunger - those are signals from body in case if it's functioning well.

  • My friend, Rev, and I always used to talk about this. Only, instead of feelings, we demonstrated using a bottle of hand sanitizer. People are great hand sanitizer dodgers, if you were to throw a bottle of hand sanitizer at someone, they would instinctively dodge. There was no choice, no will in that. Tell me what you think.

  • Haha BONERS

  • Free will, faith, and destiny all befuddle meself :/

  • So many choices that are influenced by another force don't have to be. If we step out of our character boundries we could make a decsision of pure logic. I feel that this may be important as to making the right choice, somtimes. Btw I love your videos, Onision!

  • erm, i'd have to half agree, half disagree. i agree with the outside influence and stimuli part, but it's our choice to take those into consideration. and instincts and natural reactions shouldn't really be considered in this discussion in my opinion, because they are involuntary. i can chose when to blink my eyes, but if dust gets into them, my body's reaction is to flush it out. so, i guess TRUE, pure free will doesn't necessarily exist, but we are free to make our own decisions. nice topic :)

  • personally i don't believe in free will, because basically all of our actions are ultimately based on our natures. and our natures are inevitable consequences of existing. thus, free will doesn't exist. op.

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  • I think its all about attitude. you can teach yourself to look at everything in the world with nothing but pure logic, but as i've found out from watching others do this to themselves, its not the right way to go. As humans we have a need for emotions and desires. It's just how it is. There is indeed free will, in my opinion, but not a completely "pure" free will because as you said, we have all these influences around us to affect everything we decide on a daily basis

  • I don't think we have free will at all, there's always somebody bigger than you to tell you what to do.

  • This is interesting because one day I decided to track when in the day I am making different kinds of decisions whether it is on free will, emotion and why. It turns out that every second of everyday living is filled with free will. For example, choosing to tie your right shoe before the left or when not engaging in any particular activity, which spot on the room to zone out into. I believe anything with a brain has freewill unless drugged or disabled somehow.

  • Everything that happens is determined by every occurance, whether huge or seemingly insignificant, prior to it. Free will doesn't exist but people are unwilling to accept this because we fear not having control.

  • Freewill, among many things, is extremely limited due to our perceptions of what is considered to be acceptable by the community around us and the world.

  • Free will doesn't exist. Determinism <3

  • Your desires and instincts come from YOU.. and yeah, we don't have free will over survival as in food and drink.. but we have it over what we Choose to eat and drink. Anything that comes from you, be it your desires or needs is still free will because it comes from You. By definition you do not have free will if it comes from an Outer source.

  • There's influence, and then there's what we actually do. Sure, being angry might influence you to punch that person who's pissing you off in the face. If we were slaves to our emotions, we probably would act upon them. Instead, because of logic and freewill and the ability to know the consequences of our actions, we can avoid punching that person in the face. You make it sound like we're mindless slaves to outer influences. If that were true, then what about teenage rebellion and law breaking?

  • free will is making the right decision even though there is influence.

  • beef jerky

  • gosh yer purdy

  • It seems that this quote is appropriate: "You can't change the course of the wind, but you can adjust the sails."

  • It's my personal opinion that free will was given to me by God. The human needs that everyone feel can't really be put under the umbrella of "free will", because they are nothing less and nothing more than chemical reactions in our body, including emotions. That in and of itself is just nature taking course. Does a tree choose to perform photosynthesis? No, it just happens. Free will comes with being animate, and in that regard, human. Nature is not apart of free will. Neither is being human.

  • I agree. We're influenced easily by things around us. :#

  • free to choose but but free from consequence

  • We do have the will to vote if we want to.

  • People DO NOT have free will. The christian god influences.

  • you half understand everything....

  • blah,blah,blah...like we didn't know that before.

    ''Thnx'' for lightnings our minds

  • Well I'd say people are influenced by their needs and certain other desires yes, but we are free moral agent - we have the ability in many circumstances to choose how to respond to situations, regardless of if we helped craft that situation or it was placed before us. So while it's not strictly speaking "free will" as you define it, the agency of choice for each human being is still there in many respects and must not be trivialized.

  • No free Wii D:

  • the feelings of thirst and hunger is the way your body tells you you need food or water

  • greg....you are thinking of genetics but....free will is what 'alows' us to love....ect ect ect

    but free will is what makes stop go to go from a to b but i think i get what you where saying :)

  • Yes Free Will does exist, It's because you have the will to disagree or deny a request. I can choose to not drink water, I can choose to not have sex. That is why influence will never outweigh free will.

    Think of a Dictator, he tries to influence you, not take your free will. You can choose to go against him and die and if the whole country grew balls, he would have a choice, would free will allow him to choose to kill everyone or not?

    Onision, YOU SUCK!

  • @MaryjanesJunction wtf!? chill out

  • If I feel like taking a dump on my neighbors roof then I can. free will! in fact I think ima go do that right now

  • @TheSkioski lol

  • @TheSkioski

    But you aren't in control of what you "feel like" doing. No free will.

  • Regarding that we are all influenced by our genes (as you explained already) and the way we were educated, the way we feel towards our family ties, the way friends treat us, the way we learn to see the world. All of that influences us day by day. We cannot change and our very every action will be an result of our genes and our social envrionment in the end. But regarded this way, world would be a sad place and humanity wouldn't have any choices at all. Therefore we imagine to have a free will...

  • Definetly no free will, we are bioligicak robots just prosessing life chemically, or on the other hand we are infinite timeless beings will godly like free will, or on the other hand our free will is the test we are given to choose light or dark.

  • Im pretty sure we dont have free will, we make our decisions based on circumstances, will, personality..since every person has different characteristics, will and circumstances, we make different choices, not because we have free will. maybe we do have free will subconsciously.

  • Whoa....

  • Free will is action, not feeling. Maybe you can't control how you feel or what you think (to a point) but free will is the freedom to _act_ in whatever way we please. There might be peer pressure, desire, anger, emotion, influence of any kind, but we still control what we _do_.

  • not bein funny an no offense to muslim`s but I don`t gwt it? baby jesu`s is a baby at crismas but by easter hes a growne man on the cross? is it a miricle?

  • well we have free will in some areas , but not all...complete free will dosn't exist...for example a murderer..cannot kill ..because it is against the law..if he/she does they will be punished...stealing lying, we have free will in that but each of those free will actions have consequences, as does murdering,but lying and stealing is less consequencial obviously emm in sexuality.we have no choice to our feelings, so what i believe is that we have no choice to our natural feeelings.ye

  • just because you have feelings, doesn't mean you have to follow what those feelings lead you to, THAT is free will. Like with an alcoholic, they have the feeling that they NEED alcohol, but they can fight that feeling and will themselves not be the way they are...you are a complete moron greg...

  • I think decisions are made based on the circumstances that the human brain has to suffer. It's our decision to make whether we want to act according to the need or not. As to the existance of the need, I think that's just the natural manifestation of human biology. And about your desert example... think about it - if you wind up thirsty in the desert, it's because you didn't think twice before starting a trip through the desert... of all the places :P

  • I think free will exists, but there are definately strong influences on emotions, its just how that individual reacts to that influence, but there are certain survival drivers definately

  • You said a lot of involuntary actions when you used those examples... Its my free will to type here. I want to...I can stop, but I don't want to stop(but like I said...I can)....Free will is there sometimes(me typing), and not there at others(me getting a boner).

  • Thanks mom, I have no free will msstrictwoman

  • I used to always feel sad.

    Then I chose to feel more happy, than sad... And now here I am, finally realizing you're an idiot.

    It's true, that sometimes you just FEEL what you feel, with no choice, but most of the time... you have a choice. Kind of like "Choose to turn your cheek, or choose to argue, and perhaps gain even worse/better feelings." So stupid, Greg.

  • Free will isn't kept from us because of what influences us, it's our decision in the end. You choose, truelly. It's like peer pressure. You can say yes, or no. You sir' are not fully correct.

  • I thought this said free Wii... I thought he was going to give one away :( haha

  • at first i thought it said "free wii"

  • There is no free will. We act upon reactions. Everything we do it a reaction. Everything around us is a reaction. Therefore there is no free will. No will at all really. It is all just reactions.

  • Greg, It's human biology that influences us, as well as free will. I see what you mean though. Human biology is interfering with our free will.

  • @GunShard you hit the nail on the head. this is exactly what i was thinking!!

  • Free will doesn't apply to feelings, it applies to actions.

  • once again a dumb argument

    emotions can be CONTROLLED by changing your train of thoughts. i find it easy to control emotions by clearing your mind or meditating and getting control of your emotions.

  • When people talk about free will, they're not referring to the complete control over your decision, they're referring to the most control. It's accepted that absolute free will can't exist, you just need to stop looking at this so black and white. Things as complicated as life are seldom black and white.

  • You really over think things sometimes..

  • free willy :3

  • Free will? Whats that? I believe that people will do anything for money. If you have money, you have a voice, if you don't, your nothing, your a nobody, and you have two choices. To either accept your life how it is, or try to get money. Money can't buy happiness, but damn sure can buy you freedom.

  • free willy.

  • Free will is what we do about it. You may be an angry person, but free will is what makes you go crazy about it, or just try to control yourself, you choose.

  • free will is the ability to make a choice of one's own volition. an ultimate decision made is the use of that free will. whether or not emotion influenced a decision is irrelevant, because in the end, the decision they make is up to them. we don't have a choice as of whether or not to get thirsty; but we do have the choice to not drink.

  • Ok this is important. Preachers say God gave us free will. I believe there is no such thing as free will when our actions and choices are influenced by anything. However, the majority of the time that influence is our own emotion or thought. So are we taking away our own free will? And consider this: is it more important to have free will than to have those emotions? And what is free will worth without them?

  • I just looked up your name on urban dictionary. It's so fucking true!

  • @dibbydancingdeer1 That's just some idiot wrote. While Onision's videos about his personal life all the time are annoying, he is smart and has good morals.

  • dude, are you fucking stupid?

  • I have no weaknesses no fears neither needs beacause im a SUPA FUCKING SHAOLIN ROBOCYBORGHERO !

  • i wish my mom wud understand this and stop telling me that i can control my emotions

  • In my opinion, free will refers to one's ability to chose whether or not to behave a certain way or do something. Yes, we as humans have inclinations to feel certain ways based on emotions and needs, but free will is choosing to act or not act on those impulses. So feeling hungry and eating is you reacting to your body's needs. You choose can to eat but, you don't have to. Free will is not without influence but, its the ability to do as you wish, regardless. That's what makes it "free".

  • we do have free will we have the choice to murder to rape eat meat believe in what you wanna believe in

  • omfg 9111

  • Dude that's the point. I have the free will to choose what I'm gonna do about everything you listed.

  • Oh shiit i thought it said Free Wii too haha

  • Good video... but you haircut is terrible.

  • You can choose how you react to situation

  • I think we have free will in the sense that we make decisions based on the programming of our own respective experiences. The human mind is a stimulus/response machine. Acting independent from any past or present environmental stimulus doesn't seem possible to me. Even with 'original thought,' it's still just a rehashing of what has already been learned. Even this comment I'm writing right now is just a product of what I've previously been exposed to in my environment.

  • What's the point, Oni? Most people can barely speak english these days, much less pick up a dictionary to read the meaning of free will. Free will does not exist. With free will we wouldn't even have gravity or DNA to alter our decisions or need things to keep us alive. Free will is a pipe dream. We do have options which are completely different.

  • @itsunix

    You don't seem to have much of a compelling argument there.

  • So yeah... can I just say the bright side of you and Shiloh breaking up is that you've got that house and you weren't kicked out of it :)

  • Am i the only one who thought the title was free wii? But you're right @OnisionSpeaks that's a good point :D

  • YUP

  • I concur. However it's our free will as to weather or not we act upon most things..i.e. You get a boner. Now It is of your own free will what you do to it. Just an opinion <3 ya

  • Hahaha, saying there is no freewill is Greg's way of saying "my crappy decisions and viewpoints aren't my fault."

  • @ColormeCaitlan

    Fault doesn't exist.

  • ...then are you saying that humans don't have a choice to not eat meat???

  • @Acaitia

    you'd best be trolling...

  • @Acaitia but that can also be influnce by people telling you all the bad things that they do to get that meat that can make you not want to eat it..

  • @Acaitia He never told you that you HAD to be vegetarian. He says you should and it's what he believes is right. It's called an influential opinion. Get some.

  • @Acaitia it is a reaction (type of reaction always varies, of course) of for example, emotional sympathy for animals coming from personality traits developed throughout a lifetime. so no, not exactly.

  • @Acaitia SNAP

  • Free will allows me to post a comment on this video.

  • Spock has free will.

  • The fact in general that you're making the decision alone is free will. Regardless if emotions or feelings get involved, those are YOUR feelings therefore the choices you make even if emotionally based are still your own

  • YOU BLOW GOATS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Because time flows in a set way, as a constant cycle of action-reaction, there is nothing that can change it. Therefor, human choices are just chemical reactions/electrical currents etc, and just part of the flow of time. Therefor free will does not exist.

  • I got your point, but I think that we have free will in many things of our life. That's what distinguish human beings of animals - the capacity of choosing.

  • I think you're right that we are limited on free will. I think we have the choice to go run naked in the street, but it doesn't mean we should. We just went against every influence has told us to do. You know?

  • yer great at physical comedy but a complete idiot at video blogging...so shut yer piehole and go smash some watermelons !

  • One never has free will.

    There is something always holding us back, but we shouldn't be upset about it.

    Learning to deal with a lack of freedom and accept what,who or where you are in life is the key to peace of mind.

    Never concentrate on what you don't have, that's where humankind fall down.

  • People today are irresponsible, and are brought up to be so. Free will is a great power, and with great power comes great responsibility (don't mind the cliche).

  • @LordFiresucker

    Free will does not exist, though however so we don't have that power, we trick ourselves thinking we have that power.

  • *just natural characteristics

  • Well I think free will is based on action rather then they way you were born. Like people have the free will not to, or to do drugs, smoke, steal, cheat, drink, lie, hate, like, love etc etc. Being susceptible to anger, hostility, and other "feelings" us just how you are you don't have a choice to be the way that you were born. You don't choose to be born with green eyes, brown eyes, blue eyes, blonde hair, brown hair, black hair, red hair, big eyes, small eyes, short, tall, whatever. Those are

  • @shapeshiftis

    No actually your thinking is false, people do not have the free will not too for if the circumstances line up the person will do drugs.

  • this is like a justification of a murderer not killing by choice but blaming it on anger or just down right being "crazy" there is free will to an extent

  • @friend1010

    No there is no free will, every decision you make has been influenced somehow no longer making it your decision.

  • GREAT ARGUMENT

  • Eh I am more of a hard indeterminism.

  • You don't have to like his point of view to like the message.

  • To the extent that we are able to act within our own personal boundries, yes, we have free will. Many people have more free will because they have fewer boundries. A devout christian who happens to be gay may not be able to be with someone they love, so unless they decide to be less devout or leave the church altogether, they have to remain single. Yes, free will is subject to who we are and what out surroundings make us, and it sucks. However, that doesn't have to be the end of the world.

  • @princeofbohemia "Yes, free will is subject to who we are and what out surroundings make us, and it sucks"

    That is actually called determinism, which is opposite of free will. Free will would not have boundaries or influences but simply - if I want to do it, I will do it.

  • @MsHeartDrive OK, so we all have will, but only a few have free will. Thanks for correcting me.

  • Amazing insight. Thank you for sharing... :0)

    What honestly surprises me is the amount of dislikes. It is very obvious this has absolutely nothing to do with the video they are voting down.

    It has something to do with their preconceived notions, with whatever it is they have against Onision for whatever the reason, yet not specifically for the video content.

    This is very immature, childish, & stupid. Grow up!

  • @DavinaFaerie eh no, i have been a subscriber, i don't hate greg but i don't agree with his opinion on this topic, so I can't vote this down? Weird....

  • @cairobaby7

    You don't dislike because you disagree with something you dislike if you didn't find the video entertaining to you, but there is no free will.

  • @TheFirstBlackEmoKid i dislike something because i want to, get over it. I am saying i don't hate him, my ultimate decision to dislike it has been through a lot of influences, feelings, pre-programmed thoughts and what not. Get over it =)

  • @cairobaby7 no thats not true, i can try to influence your opinion, but its still YOUR opinion. im not forcing anything by INFLUENCING

  • @Thisisloco1 nope you are not influencing it if i am conscious of it. i can choose to think whatever i want of your opinion, -_-

  • @cairobaby7

    Don't get me wrong I don't have anything against you for disliking his video, but you are doing it for the wrong reason =)

    But with all those influences influencing your decision it is no longer your decision, it is everything that has been influenceing you.

  • @TheFirstBlackEmoKid Even with all the influence that is influencing me, I still believe I have made the choice to dislike. The act of it could be accidental, it is really unfortunate when people sound like they know it all when in reality, we are constraint to think with just our brains, in terms of this world, in terms of our world only. There is no true answer to whether we have free will or not, because to determine it, we are thinking it outside bounds of our brain.

  • I think that Greg is not understanding Free Will.

  • I'm shure this has been asked at some point but you always talk about religon but do u still respect peoples choices of chosing religon even though your against it and thoes people who have religon are your fans and support you

  • So we don't have ANY free will because we are born with a preset body? Which is why, of course, people can choose to not eat, not drink water, not have sex, and could go with what we want or what we don't want.

    Just because you have a desire doesn't mean you will always follow through with it. So you have the free will to choose rather you do something or not.

  • Why are people hating on this? ._.

    He brings up a valid point. One of my classes this past semester was all about this. It was called Freedom: Philosophy, History, and Law. I think you would have found it very interesting. All and all, what I deducted from the class is no, we don't have complete free will (but it is of course always open for debate).

  • I really think there can be no right or wrong answer to that since the meaning of free will is abstract. For once, we don't know anything other than our world, using our own little brains to figure things out, seeing, having our own consciousness. I guess I also can see why you categorise yourself with animals since they subject themselves instintually most of the time. I believe there is free will in my little brain, i want to like this video but i choose to dislike it cos i don't agree with u.

  • shut up trolls. greg is awesome, no matter what

  • @NewAgeTJ So, according to what you just said, if Greg raped someone (I know he wouldn't but just listen) he would still be awesome? You said no matter what. So if he starts eating meat, and kicking babies, he would still be awesome according to your logic. Pick your words more carefully.

  • Greg, I'm so sorry.. But I dislike you now.. and I feel awful for it. But you are so mean and hypocritical...

  • I do not believe in free will.

  • free will

    noun

    1.

    free and independent choice; voluntary decision: You took on the responsibility of your own free will.

    2.

    the doctrine that the conduct of human beings expresses personal choice and is not simply determined by physical or divine forces.

    No offence Greg, but I think we have free will. I still liked the video though. ^_^

  • @TheHappyGunsling

    With your definition we don't have free will because we never made a voluntary decision, and all decisions can be influenced by a physical force.

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  • @challeBengtsson Do you actually know what patronizing means? Not to be mean or anything, but the way you used the word is incorrect.

  • @100PersentSmart Haha, now that you mention it it came out a little weird. My English is a little rusty, thanks.

  • why so many dislikes, he hasn't said anything bad really

  • LOL seems like a majority of your fans don't know what "free will" means. I guess this is what happens when your demographic are 6th grade level "thinkers".

  • @JaeJoseTV

    I know right.

  • I thought it said free wii

  • Y did he say men first?

  • @CAP975 when i include both genders in wahtever, i put women before men, it just happens...

  • Someone explain for me what exactly happened ????????

  • Omg ... The comments used to be like 1 second ago on onisions videos now it's like one hour ago kinda type .. What happened ???

  • @Fa9laRoro He lost loads of subs when he posted loads of statuses on Facebook about meat eaters being evil.

  • I know what you mean.. When I get really depressed I can't control it and it causes me to be pretty unmotivated and unproductive.. And it's hard to do anything about it..

  • Free will is the ability to make a decision without any EXTERNAL influence. If you are influenced by your own emotions it is still your own decision to act on those emotions.

    Same with if you're dying of thrist in the desert and you come across a water source. You can choose to not drink because you have free will.

  • @LucyFanBoy

    Your emotions are still influenced by the environment, like if you choose not to drink it is because of either how much you value life, society norms, religion, availablility, etc... You have never made a decision that has not been influenced by the environment.

  • @TheFirstBlackEmoKid Reguardless, you still have to choose to make that decision.

  • Haters shut the fuck up this Chanel is about him Voicing his opinions if u like it or not if u dont agr drop it again his channel his opinions

  • Seems like a lot of your fans are idiots on this subject. I'm terribly sorry.

  • Soooo true

    

  • Free will helps you overcome petty things like emotion.

  • This is one of the few opinions of you that I don't share, but thank you for putting it out there. I appreciate your videos <3 I think "will" can be called free even though it is influenced by whatever.

  • @Filifjonkefreak

    IF your will is influenced it is no longer your will, it is the environments so free will does not exist.

  • you cant have free will.... if you give free will too every one in some way you will be taking it away from another ie if you give free will to a rapist you will take it away from a woman/women or men (if he rolls that way i suppose) because they will be petrified of getting raped and or murdered

  • free will is real. its my choice for me to choose what i can do in the bounds of what is possible/allowed

  • @Thisisloco1

    No you don't have free will, all of your decisions have been influenced by something or another no longer making it yours.

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  • Some people actually put logic before their emotions, that's part of becoming a mature adult. But even if you are blinded by emotions when you make a decision, YOU still made that choice. That's free will, dude. You're just trying to validate your pa