RE: Do you believe in free will?
March 14, 2012 at 10:29 am
(This post was last modified: March 14, 2012 at 10:37 am by The Grand Nudger.)
NP, so, no special cases. The worms behaviors and the plants behaviours are very much slaves to determinism. Why not the free will of a human being then (if we have one)? No special cases right..just "special consideration"?
Will requires a brain
Some brains are better than others
Effects aren't good enough
No special cases
It's starting to look real nice around here.
(ah, also, lets pick a creature other than ourselves then, which, by your definition can be said to have free will, sometimes it helps to make things impersonal. This way you won't feel that I am somehow criticizing your personal free will, whatever it means to you, and whatever value you've placed upon it.)
Will requires a brain
Some brains are better than others
Effects aren't good enough
No special cases
It's starting to look real nice around here.
(ah, also, lets pick a creature other than ourselves then, which, by your definition can be said to have free will, sometimes it helps to make things impersonal. This way you won't feel that I am somehow criticizing your personal free will, whatever it means to you, and whatever value you've placed upon it.)
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