(November 5, 2017 at 8:23 pm)Hammy Wrote: Here's my beliefs:
Free will either doesn't exist or the concept of "free will" is so trivially true that it's useless and empty.
The past and future do not exist but instead existed and will exist respectively.
Compatabilism with regards to "free will" is analogous to pantheism with regards to "god".
Then you are science denier.
Four-dimensional space-time is an integral part of general relativity. It cannot be discarded. You cannot have general relativity without 4-D space-time. And general relativity is a testable theory which has withstood every attempt to falsify it for over 100 years. The GPS system even uses a formula from general relativity which predicts how much faster the clocks on the satellites will tick because of their reduced gravity compared to what is felt on Earth's surface. That formula is derived from the 4-D space-time model. It's not something you can just toss away because it doesn't gel with the way your brain seems to be wired. 4-D space-time is real - whether you can wrap your head around it or not. Pretending it doesn't exist is no different than creationists pretending evolution doesn't exist.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein