RE: Free will and humans
March 7, 2016 at 7:06 am
(This post was last modified: March 7, 2016 at 7:07 am by ErGingerbreadMandude.)
(March 7, 2016 at 6:57 am)robvalue Wrote: How do you know you have control over your actions?I know I have control over my actions since I can choose to do something the next minute and then do it.
What does "you" even mean in this context?
I don't understand the second question..
I don't exactly know anything about Sam Harris apart from his name,I'm sure he is exceptional since I've heard his name being mentioned at many places.
But the fact is that he is wrong about free will.
Basically all the arguments against free will boils down to something like: Suppose you were given a free choice to pick up any of the 5 water bottles in front of you and drink from it, arguments against free will goes like :We are not free to choose from the 5 water bottles since we only have a choice of water bottles to choose from and not Pepsi, coca cola, Maaza etc and hence we do not possess free will.
(see the error in logic there?)