Is agonizing fear the price we must pay for freedom?

[TreizKhushranata]

I was out and about today. Very unusual for me. I kept telling myself that it's all just a dream. None of the people around me or what I can see actually mean anything. I didn't find it very persuasive.

 

[Superdeterminist]

I feel agonising fear, but no freedom. We're always slaves to our wants, many things that I want I would rather not want, but I can't shake them. Many wants impede me and removing them would make life so much easier, but I can't simply think them away. The only potential consolation is that maybe in our misery we at least see the world closer to how it really is, but I can't even affirm that. Most great scientists weren't and aren't unhappy people, and you would presumably expect them to be, if that were the case.