RE: Do you control what you believe?
October 28, 2012 at 10:24 pm
(This post was last modified: October 28, 2012 at 10:25 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
That's probably not entirely accurate Mystic, as I have confidence that your heart will beat whether or not you believe in free will. Nevertheless I understand what you mean and feel largely the same way. I do, however, acknowledge that my "inability to function" as if there were no such thing as free will has more to say about the limitations of my cognitive faculties than it does about the existence of any free will. What you've offered after this comment can be summed up as an extended appeal to consequences, with a classic wager bit at the end. Very cute.
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