(September 3, 2012 at 4:15 pm)Haydn Wrote: Free will ... another one of those illusions of life. This i can get my head around , but then why did we even evolve to be self-aware, is this even necessary? Or perhaps just a by-product that comes with certain intelligence.
My belief.
Everything is aware to some degree. Free will is part of the awareness 'syndrome' that we suffer from and is nothing more than the 'mind' attempting to explain perception.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy