Talk:Happiness/Happiness research/Happiness, The Universal Law of/Free in the box

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 * Is there a page source we can reference or merge? The page has all of the edit history recorded in it. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 03:12, 14 March 2016 (UTC)


 * BriggsStreet first posted the content to his user page, only because we are learning the platform. This is the where all the history should be kept moving forward.  While I've got you, is it possible to change the titles of the pages?  This one should be listed as the first topic in the list of lessons on the parent page, but instead it is listed second, probably because it's in alphabetical order. --Dialed-in-life (discuss • contribs) 03:43, 14 March 2016 (UTC)


 * They are separate issues. Titles are changed by moving the page. It's a link on the pull-down menu at the top. If you don't see it yet, you will in a few days. Subpages are listed in alphabetical order when using the Subpages/List template, but may be listed manually instead. I've updated the main page. Change as you wish. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 12:44, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Originally posted at User:Briggsstreet. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 12:44, 14 March 2016 (UTC)


 * The concepts of justice, and obeying are used. These are commonly thought of as applying to people.

If you throw a stone into a pond, it makes a splash. The water, and the stone do not decide on their behavior. That act in accordance with their identity and the laws of physics. People seem to be the only things that have a choice in the matter. They can be unreasonable, ignore the facts, act in a self destructive fashion, and evade responsibility for their actions. So we have the concepts of justice, and obeying the rules. They presuppose the concept of free will.

Now, as the laws of physics explain, there is a certain finite context necessary for anything to exist and operate. Maybe there is a Universal LAW that people do not have Free Will about. These are the edges of the box, and beyond. Justice, and obeying, only apply to a person's operation within the box. But when approaching the edge, there is no choice in the matter, and concepts resting on Free Will no longer apply.--Dialed-in-life (discuss • contribs) 02:49, 16 March 2016 (UTC)