Scientists have figured out how to affect the identity of the person the denial of free will.
People who make decisions based only on external regulations, get hit by identity.
One of the authors of the study Elizabeth Seto noted that the mental state is very important, if he believed in free will. Or I am sure that all his actions determined by the nature and prevailing social customs. For his science experiment, the scientists drew 300 volunteers. They were divided into two groups and then asked to write an essay.
The first group described their personal experiences, confirming the freedom of the will, and the second is about the experience, denying it. Then, volunteers took the test, giving an estimate of their personal “I”. It turned out that denying free will, suffer from self-alienation, and in General worse than understand themselves.
The second stage of the experiment implied a choice between donating money to charity or the ability to write these tools myself. Next asked how sincere they believe their act. The lack of candor demonstrated by the participants in the experiment group, which deny free will.
Scientists claim that the power over his actions and their consequences is an extremely important element of a sense of identity. It was proven in the study
