Summary: Just a thought that came to me today. I had been thinking about how the human psyche is like a 1000-piece puzzle: 999 pieces are human experiences and positive reinforcements that shape a life, and life's decision-making or reactions to them. Some wonder if human choice is really free at all? Or does the inner self simply make decisions based on life's experiences subconsciously? Robert Plant wrote: “Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on." The question remains: is it a free choice of the path, or is it predetermined by life's past experiences and positive reinforcements? Did we really have a choice?
Free will - authored by Reed Johnson
Free will—that one puzzle piece lying on the floor,
the cat nibbling at its corners, carrying it away for play.
Meanwhile, the other 999 pieces lie assembled on the table,
staring back at the puzzle master.
If only I could find that last piece.
If only I could place free will—
for without it, the picture is incomplete.
But would I know it if I found it?
In time, the 999-piece puzzle is lifted from the table,
returned to its box to die, never built again.
“Why begin again,” says the puzzle master,
“when it cannot be finished?”
So he starts another puzzle,
certain this time all the pieces are present.
Then the cat walks across the table,
and knocks one piece to the floor.
Free will.
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