(June 14, 2018 at 5:25 am)pocaracas Wrote:(June 14, 2018 at 5:03 am)KittyAnn Wrote: Yes, my will is free ... and my choices are free
Free from what?
Free from anyone else?... most likely, yes... within the bounds genetically and socially imposed upon you as a social animal.
Free from biophysics? Somehow, I doubt that...
(June 14, 2018 at 5:03 am)KittyAnn Wrote: Of course, the world is so built that we have certain limitations if we want to live in a civilized society ... but we still have free will and we choose ... we want or not
Yes, we choose... but is our decision truly free in such a way that we could reason differently from what we've done, given the exact same information that we had, the exact same situation, the exact same emotional state, the exact same world?
(June 14, 2018 at 5:03 am)KittyAnn Wrote: I wouldn't want this computer to make a decision for me, although probably based on the algorithms it would be better decisions than I'd have taken ... but it's better to think that it's me, not the machine, right?
It is better to think thus... but is us thinking we choose equivalent to us actually choosing?
(June 14, 2018 at 5:03 am)KittyAnn Wrote: ...and speaking about my choice in the past yes i could do different choice and sometimes i regret it...but i was to weak to do it ..but also it was my decision not machine ...so now it is as it is.. c'est la vie!
Could you really?
Given the same situation, and no knowledge of how things turned out, would you really make a different decision?
He could, but our decision, as I said, depends on our upbringing, environment, surroundings ... so sometimes instead of doing what we want, what we think ... we make a decision that will refer to the surroundings, so we do something against ourselves, against our free will .. Of course, the algorithm of our brain isn't even predictable for us ...and good somehow
But we still have a free will ... this is a assumption as in physics ... If we lived in a vacuum, our free will ... it would be really free ... 
And I can't imagine that they put a chip into my brain and now the computer tells me what to do, what to think, what to dream (i prefer mine unpredictable brain) or not to mention the fact that the hacker can put a virus into my brain and suddenly i would like to strangle the neighbor... so no thank you.... it is enough that the environment, education and law directs my choices.. But of course, I don't mind if technology can help us in our daily lives, when it can help us make our life easier ... eg when losing a hand or leg it can replace it .. and of course I don't mind if the technology contributes to improving the health of people with Parkinson's, Alzchaimer's or other brain diseases ... I know that implanting certain chips into the brain can stimulate it properly, which makes life easier for such people and sometimes even it can brings them back to live.
So, technology -YES, so long as it doesn't take away our humanity!
Would I make a different decision? ... I think that if the conditions were different, other people, different environment, other upbringing, other circumstances ... certainly yes! Btw.. i was close to made a different decision...
"Alone is what I have. Alone protects me."
“I may be on the side of the angels but don’t think for one second that I am one of them.”
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day."
“I may be on the side of the angels but don’t think for one second that I am one of them.”
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day."
