Determinism Is Self Defeating

[pocaracas]

My apologies then, that's the way I read your statement.

My apologies for not making it clear...

But the single biggest counter to a deterministic universe in my view is the ability of a sentient creature to choose a course of action that is in defiance of all prediction and reason.

And how do you know such choice is truly free.
How do you know it's not determined by the processes in your brain?
How do you know that given the exact same prior conditions/knowledge/experiences and when put before exactly the same problem, this creature would not arrive at the exact same choice?

But as to a deterministic universe, it may well be the case. But until such a time as evidence can be provided then I have no good reason to accept it.( much like god really)

And until such a time as evidence can be provided for an undeterministic Universe, then I have no good reason to accept it.