RE: A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will
November 12, 2023 at 11:17 am
They're easy terms and concepts to get sideways with, I think. If someone asked me which elephant were real, the one in the zoo or the one in my mind - I'd quickly say the one in the zoo. Ran into this with my kids recently. They'd found a mobile game that's basically just sailing around a little lake in a dinghy. They love it - all four of them, and they don't argue when they play together. A rarity. So I get a bright idea. Why don't we go rent some boats and sail around the lake. You'd think I had a penis growing out of my forehead. "Why?"-because it's real....?
We did not go sailing.
We did not go sailing.
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