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RE: Determinism
July 22, 2009 at 9:24 am (This post was last modified: July 22, 2009 at 9:24 am by LukeMC.)
I have a genuine question for you guys on this topic. If we live in a truly deterministic universe and everything we do is pre-determined (duh), what is the evolutionary advantage of being aware of these undecided actions? I'm just relaying an argument from a youtube philospher jericomovie. He states the question as an argument in its own right, but I feel it shouldn't be rhetorical and probably has an answer. If we cannt choose for ourselves what we do, what is the evolutionary purpose of awareness? If we don't have a choice, what advantage is the illusion of such? How does it help up survive when it has no bearing on the things we do?

(Slap me if the answer is obvious).
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Determinism - by Tabby - July 21, 2009 at 6:30 pm
RE: Determinism - by Edwardo Piet - July 21, 2009 at 6:35 pm
RE: Determinism - by LEDO - July 21, 2009 at 6:39 pm
RE: Determinism - by Edwardo Piet - July 21, 2009 at 6:42 pm
RE: Determinism - by LEDO - July 22, 2009 at 6:09 pm
RE: Determinism - by Purple Rabbit - July 25, 2009 at 8:28 am
RE: Determinism - by fr0d0 - July 21, 2009 at 6:55 pm
RE: Determinism - by Edwardo Piet - July 21, 2009 at 7:26 pm
RE: Determinism - by fr0d0 - July 21, 2009 at 8:47 pm
RE: Determinism - by Ryft - July 22, 2009 at 12:17 am
RE: Determinism - by Kyuuketsuki - July 22, 2009 at 4:45 am
RE: Determinism - by Tiberius - July 22, 2009 at 8:58 am
RE: Determinism - by LukeMC - July 22, 2009 at 9:24 am
RE: Determinism - by Tabby - July 22, 2009 at 12:02 pm
RE: Determinism - by Edwardo Piet - July 22, 2009 at 12:38 pm
RE: Determinism - by fr0d0 - July 22, 2009 at 1:01 pm
RE: Determinism - by Edwardo Piet - July 25, 2009 at 3:23 pm
RE: Determinism - by Watashi - August 9, 2009 at 10:08 pm
RE: Determinism - by Kyuuketsuki - August 10, 2009 at 1:57 am

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