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    Thread: Implications of not having free will
Post: RE: Implications of not having free will
Very late reply sorry! (January 9, 2015 at 5:35 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: given the idea that the future of the Universe was predetermined, in the sense that the results of the world we experience w...
 Spacedog Philosophy 27 7769 January 26, 2015 at 6:41 pm
    Thread: Implications of not having free will
Post: RE: Implications of not having free will
(January 7, 2015 at 10:00 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Do you think it can be seen as suggestive, as theists would probably argue, that properties of mind, or our concepts such as "truth" and "morality,...
 Spacedog Philosophy 27 7769 January 8, 2015 at 5:08 pm
    Thread: Implications of not having free will
Post: RE: Implications of not having free will
(January 7, 2015 at 6:59 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: I might disagree, if only because I think the language here is a bit equivocal. *You* can *choose* to quite smoking, because you understand the pros...
 Spacedog Philosophy 27 7769 January 7, 2015 at 8:21 pm
    Thread: Implications of not having free will
Post: RE: Implications of not having free will
(January 7, 2015 at 6:29 pm)Alex K Wrote: For all we know, quantum measurements are truly random, but an unknown or even undiscoverable systematic in terms of hidden variables could be behind it whi...
 Spacedog Philosophy 27 7769 January 7, 2015 at 7:59 pm
    Thread: Implications of not having free will
Post: RE: Implications of not having free will
(January 7, 2015 at 6:33 pm)IATIA Wrote: The real question is whether or not the accepted knowledge of no free will would change anything. If we don't have it the the answer is that it definitely wo...
 Spacedog Philosophy 27 7769 January 7, 2015 at 7:33 pm
    Thread: The second law of thermodynamics and evolution
Post: RE: The second law of thermodynamics and evolution
I can think of a few potential answers to this: 1. While you may see a local increase in order, on a larger scale that order is actually decreasing or at least neutral (i.e. enlarge the closed system...
 Spacedog Physical Sciences 65 9348 January 7, 2015 at 7:26 pm
    Thread: Implications of not having free will
Post: Implications of not having free will
I realise there's a similar thread to this but I wanted to narrow things down to the implications of not having free will, which I honesty find disconcerting. However, if you feel you can provide evid...
 Spacedog Philosophy 27 7769 January 7, 2015 at 5:28 pm
    Thread: Is the universe infinite?
Post: RE: Is the universe infinite?
Thanks for the reply! Quote:First of all, it is not known whether the universe is spatially finite or infinite. I didn't think it was known, I was just hoping for an educated guess Quote:The prob...
 Spacedog Physical Sciences 18 3378 November 17, 2014 at 4:44 pm
    Thread: Is the universe infinite?
Post: Is the universe infinite?
I would like to take advantage of those of you who know a lot about physics and ask a few questions, if you would be kind enough to lend me your time... Just the light topic of the ultimate nature o...
 Spacedog Physical Sciences 18 3378 November 17, 2014 at 4:02 pm