IT DOESN'T MATTER

I'm so frustrated with this week's topic because it honestly doesn't matter.

I get that we should know what determinism and free will are because it is important to be knowledgeable. I don't mind learning about this topic, that's not my point, but I do mind questioning what the answer is (free will or determinism) because it doesn't matter!

First of all, it's impossible to know the truth!

Second, if we did know the truth, it doesn't change what we already perceive. We're thinking, living beings. We have the power to produce thoughts. We believe we are making our own choices, and that's what makes the world work.

If it DID change how we perceive ourselves, we would all be doomed because we would give up! Okay, so everything we think, do, say, feel is already determined, so why should we bother trying? Everyone might end up partaking in a mass suicide! Nobody wants that to happen, am I right? (well, maybe a select few, but there are always exceptions)

So why are we contemplating this if there's no point? This is why I'm frustrated.