The More You Need to Pee, the Less You Believe in Free Will

What do you think about free will? Do you genuinely think that your actions and destiny are in your hands? Or do you believe that everything happens for a reason and that you are, whether you like it or not, on a road of destiny? How much more pee do you need right now, too?

In 2014, researchers looking at what influences someone's propensity to believe in free will found an intriguing correlation. Participants were forced to answer questions about their physical well-being, including if they were hungry, weary, or in need of the restroom. The least likely to believe in free will were those who most needed to use the restroom.

The study, which had a very small sample size of only 81 participants, does make sense in certain ways. It is acceptable to suppose that you are being forced to submit to your own bladder's will rather than being in charge of your own destiny if you are in the middle of a survey and the urge to urinate keeps bugging you. We'll have to wait and see if this has any significant philosophical ramifications.