RE: A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will
November 11, 2023 at 11:56 am
Yeah, I mean, IDK. Maybe we wouldn't have destroyed ourselves but it would probably not be all that great for a hypersocial species to be genuinely individual in their interests. In what they will. It could have made organizing large numbers of us more difficult. That we indoctrinate our societies probably shows that whatever latent individuality or freedom escapes our upbringing we hope to trample down with proper education.
A world of truly free wills might be ungovernable, and, in being so, could not provide the benefits that our governable world has.
A world of truly free wills might be ungovernable, and, in being so, could not provide the benefits that our governable world has.
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