RE: Oh no not another free will thread.
April 22, 2018 at 9:32 pm
(This post was last modified: April 22, 2018 at 9:32 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(April 22, 2018 at 9:28 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: I simply don't see the connection with a being knowing something with there being no free will. It doesn't compute for me. The logic you're employing simply seems faulty.
Well, in what way? Let's try to nail down why it seems faulty. As I described above, there;s no requirement of an entity that actually does know the future, only that the future can be known.
You find yourself in a situation where you have to choose a shirt. You have shirt A, you have shirt B. You're going to choose shirt b, this is a knowable future state. Can you choose shirt a? No, you are going to choose shirt b. I guess you made a choice, but what freedom did you exert in an event with a previously knowable outcome?
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