Scoundrel on Nostr: That's a short blog post, I was worried. The idea of one's nature overcoming one's ...

That's a short blog post, I was worried.

The idea of one's nature overcoming one's nurture or vice-versa makes sense to me, but what is there to overcome both? The idea that there is some kind of third direction between nature, nurture, randomness, and determinism in which our free will resides is absurd and jaded to me.

If we're linking our posts, you should check out this joke I posted; I think it captures the absurdity I refer to well:

quoting nevent1q…72kk

The thing that makes humans so great is not our high maximum potential, but our ability to overcome it, and to become a complete loser despite that potential

To be honest, I belive I understand the difference between fulfilment and pleasure, but the word "enjoy" seems like a bad choice. To be honest, the word "comfort" probably isn't a good word either. Isn't a comfort supposed to be comforting? I prefer a word like "amenity" for something that improves our potential but which may be unpleasant to make use of.