(August 29, 2023 at 11:31 am)ShinyCrystals Wrote: You can say that again!
With that, I think free will is more intangible in nature, just like the many things in religion including God as some people believe. (though we are still calling God a psychological need/predisposition here)
That makes me think that free will being intangible, and possibly it not being part of how the mind actually works altogether, is why it does not really exist.
Anyway, I would like to attempt to explain this more.
What I mean is, I think free will, in terms of being intangible, is like the soul. Not that it can separate from a person as some people claim, but it is something separate from the mind, yet a part of it, something intangible yet is considered a part of humans. The laws of physics technically need something physical and existent for something to work, so free will can't possibly exist like that.
Also, I think the concept of God, which is a mental predisposition, and religion is based around humanity too much, and not much anything else. This partly makes it all a human construct. In fact, free will itself, it is most definitely a human construct too, and I believe it can go with the ideas that are part of religion as well.
Anyway, some people say the existence of a supreme being like god can't be proven or disproved. Even if that is true, we can still point out flaws on why humanity's conception of god/gods is severely flawed.
Also, @FrustratedFool , I appreciate you bringing up the laws of physics, determinism and why free will does not work. I was kind of thinking of free will for a while before I made this topic to the point that I forgot that free will is an illusion, and the laws of science/physics. Thank you for reminding me on that.
