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Free Will
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RE: Free Will
(December 27, 2012 at 11:28 pm)Zen Badger Wrote: What else could it be?

How about the definition given by Whateverist?

free will
n
1. (Philosophy)
a. the apparent human ability to make choices that are not externally determined
b. the doctrine that such human freedom of choice is not illusory Compare determinism
c. (as modifier) a free-will decision
2. the ability to make a choice without coercion he left of his own free will: I did not influence him

(December 27, 2012 at 11:28 pm)Zen Badger Wrote: Doesn't matter, since the prediction cannot be 100% certain.

That depends on the knowledge of the causal chain.

(December 27, 2012 at 11:28 pm)Zen Badger Wrote: Who would that be? God?

Or someone with the required amount of knowledge.
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Messages In This Thread
Free Will - by Jaxl - December 26, 2012 at 1:45 am
RE: Free Will - by Zen Badger - December 26, 2012 at 3:29 am
RE: Free Will - by genkaus - December 26, 2012 at 5:32 am
RE: Free Will - by Zen Badger - December 26, 2012 at 8:28 am
RE: Free Will - by genkaus - December 26, 2012 at 10:11 am
RE: Free Will - by pocaracas - December 26, 2012 at 8:27 am
RE: Free Will - by Beeblebrox - December 26, 2012 at 7:19 pm
RE: Free Will - by Minimalist - December 26, 2012 at 7:34 pm
RE: Free Will - by Cyberman - December 27, 2012 at 1:50 am
RE: Free Will - by Whateverist - December 27, 2012 at 2:12 am
RE: Free Will - by The Grand Nudger - December 27, 2012 at 2:51 am
RE: Free Will - by Cyberman - December 27, 2012 at 7:25 pm
RE: Free Will - by Jackie - December 27, 2012 at 8:16 am
RE: Free Will - by Whateverist - December 27, 2012 at 9:03 am
RE: Free Will - by Jackie - December 28, 2012 at 7:49 am
RE: Free Will - by Whateverist - December 28, 2012 at 11:13 am
RE: Free Will - by Jackie - December 29, 2012 at 6:53 pm
RE: Free Will - by Whateverist - December 29, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Free Will - by Zen Badger - December 27, 2012 at 8:51 am
RE: Free Will - by genkaus - December 27, 2012 at 9:44 am
RE: Free Will - by Zen Badger - December 27, 2012 at 11:28 pm
RE: Free Will - by genkaus - December 28, 2012 at 7:19 am
RE: Free Will - by The Grand Nudger - December 28, 2012 at 9:00 am
RE: Free Will - by KichigaiNeko - December 29, 2012 at 11:30 am
RE: Free Will - by BGChuckLee - January 5, 2013 at 4:39 am
RE: Free Will - by Whateverist - January 5, 2013 at 4:52 am
RE: Free Will - by BGChuckLee - January 5, 2013 at 4:55 am
RE: Free Will - by Whateverist - January 5, 2013 at 5:05 am
RE: Free Will - by KichigaiNeko - January 5, 2013 at 6:18 am
RE: Free Will - by Zen Badger - January 5, 2013 at 5:15 am
RE: Free Will - by Esquilax - January 5, 2013 at 6:09 am
RE: Free Will - by Cyberman - January 5, 2013 at 3:01 pm

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