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Free Will -- the "materialist string" pulls both ways.
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RE: Free Will -- the "materialist string" pulls both ways.
April 3, 2016 at 3:33 pm
(April 3, 2016 at 2:40 pm)Jehanne Wrote:
(April 3, 2016 at 12:31 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: I believe I have free will. It's limited, not absolute, but I believe I have it.

At a minimum it is a useful illusion, kind of like a stationary Earth with respect to a moving Cosmos.

For you an illusion, for me reality.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: Free Will -- the "materialist string" pulls both ways. - by brewer - April 3, 2016 at 3:33 pm

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