RE: Free will is an illusion
August 28, 2012 at 2:31 pm
(This post was last modified: August 28, 2012 at 2:38 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Did you?
(lol, couldn't help myself)
[see what I did there?]
No, seriously, though we very much seem to perceive our lives as though we have "free will" our perceptions of reality aren't always entirely accurate.
As far as a resolution yay or nay. I (much like Pad) don't dwell on the subject. Regardless of whether or not this thing "free will" exists, and regardless of whether or not hard determinism confines me in any way I'm going to continue "making choices" and I am incapable of perceiving the flow of determinism to any extent that would make such knowledge useful for me (except in the most obvious and easily won particulars).
(lol, couldn't help myself)
[see what I did there?]
No, seriously, though we very much seem to perceive our lives as though we have "free will" our perceptions of reality aren't always entirely accurate.
As far as a resolution yay or nay. I (much like Pad) don't dwell on the subject. Regardless of whether or not this thing "free will" exists, and regardless of whether or not hard determinism confines me in any way I'm going to continue "making choices" and I am incapable of perceiving the flow of determinism to any extent that would make such knowledge useful for me (except in the most obvious and easily won particulars).
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