(February 14, 2013 at 3:02 pm)naimless Wrote:(February 14, 2013 at 2:48 pm)Chuck Wrote: Predetermination.
I meant more specifically and I think you know I did. Answering everything with "predetermination" still doesn't answer "how". It is not too dissimilar to how religious people respond when you ask them, what causes the tide to go in and out? Well god does, you don't need to explain it any further. In this case, well, predetermination does, you must leave it as an open question.
Actually, I don't think he is being hypocritical, for the same reason why he is not being hypocritical for eating even if he is convinced that whether he would suffer malnutrition is predetermined. I will think about a better description of why perception of optimal behavior in fact should not change by knowledge of predetermination. But I need to go to a meeting now.
