RE: The burden of proof relating to conciousness, free choice and rationality
March 1, 2012 at 11:54 pm
(March 1, 2012 at 9:07 am)Faith No More Wrote:(February 25, 2012 at 2:48 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Here's a little something to chew over. What would a Universe in which free will doesn't exist look like compared with one in which it does? Could there even be a way to tell them apart?
I am still eagerly awaiting an answer to this question.
Sadly I think we're forced to conclude that we exist in a Universe in which no answer will be forthcoming.
(March 1, 2012 at 3:13 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Now, that's a good question!
Thanks; I do get 'em sometimes.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
