(September 13, 2011 at 8:36 am)IATIA Wrote: We live in a deterministic universe
Wouldn't that necessitate that the universe be a closed system? We're not entirely sure that is the case.
Quote:and our 'free will' is nothing more than our consciousness/awareness 'explaining to our mind' what we have already done.
Free will is about more than what you have done. It is about what we will do and what we want to do. I definitely disagree with the above statement, but am open to elaboration.
Quote:And probably, all of reality is nothing more than a construct of our awareness. (I am still on the bench with that.)
Hm. This depends on what you define as a "construct." Does this mean our awarenesses have made up reality for us? Or . . . is this more abstract? I guess it is only the word "construct" I disagree with here. I would use the word interpretation and call it a day.