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Free Will, Free Won't?
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RE: Free Will, Free Won't?
(September 18, 2013 at 7:18 am)whateverist Wrote: Or are we constrained to find convincing that which we are already predisposed to believe. (You don't have to spend too much time on these forums to recognize the latter to be true.)

Cognitive bias, this is a horse of a different colour.

I discovered that wiki actually has a good resource on this. have a look, it's great for easy reference. (Plus, it is easy to spot these biases in the forum as you pointed out).

List of cognitive biases


MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci

"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
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Free Will, Free Won't? - by ManMachine - September 1, 2013 at 5:35 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by MindForgedManacle - September 2, 2013 at 3:20 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by ManMachine - September 3, 2013 at 5:56 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Whateverist - September 3, 2013 at 6:33 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by ManMachine - September 3, 2013 at 8:17 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Zone - September 16, 2013 at 6:05 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Ryantology - September 16, 2013 at 6:29 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Whateverist - September 16, 2013 at 7:33 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by ManMachine - September 17, 2013 at 8:14 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Zone - September 17, 2013 at 8:39 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by ManMachine - September 17, 2013 at 4:29 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Zone - September 17, 2013 at 4:52 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Whateverist - September 17, 2013 at 11:01 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by The Reality Salesman - September 17, 2013 at 11:12 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Zone - September 17, 2013 at 11:37 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by gall - September 17, 2013 at 1:31 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by The Reality Salesman - September 17, 2013 at 5:51 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Whateverist - September 18, 2013 at 12:09 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Zone - September 17, 2013 at 6:31 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by The Reality Salesman - September 17, 2013 at 7:10 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Zone - September 17, 2013 at 7:27 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by The Reality Salesman - September 17, 2013 at 7:44 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Zone - September 18, 2013 at 5:05 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Whateverist - September 18, 2013 at 7:18 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by ManMachine - September 18, 2013 at 7:38 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Zone - September 18, 2013 at 8:27 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by The Reality Salesman - September 18, 2013 at 8:47 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Zone - September 18, 2013 at 9:04 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by The Reality Salesman - September 18, 2013 at 9:04 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Zone - September 18, 2013 at 9:53 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by The Reality Salesman - September 18, 2013 at 12:01 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Zone - September 18, 2013 at 3:38 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by The Reality Salesman - September 18, 2013 at 8:11 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by The Reality Salesman - September 18, 2013 at 5:07 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Zone - September 18, 2013 at 5:27 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by The Reality Salesman - September 19, 2013 at 6:24 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Zone - September 19, 2013 at 6:28 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by The Reality Salesman - September 19, 2013 at 7:11 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Zone - September 19, 2013 at 7:32 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by The Reality Salesman - September 19, 2013 at 11:30 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Zone - September 19, 2013 at 11:46 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Whateverist - September 19, 2013 at 4:09 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by bennyboy - September 22, 2013 at 5:21 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by MindForgedManacle - September 23, 2013 at 11:26 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by gilbertc06 - September 24, 2013 at 12:19 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by MindForgedManacle - September 25, 2013 at 1:23 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by The Reality Salesman - September 19, 2013 at 12:19 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by Zone - September 19, 2013 at 12:27 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by gall - September 20, 2013 at 12:29 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by The Reality Salesman - September 19, 2013 at 1:32 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by The Reality Salesman - September 19, 2013 at 7:32 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by gilbertc06 - September 21, 2013 at 4:30 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by *Deidre* - September 27, 2013 at 11:48 am
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by ManMachine - September 27, 2013 at 6:49 pm
RE: Free Will, Free Won't? - by *Deidre* - September 27, 2013 at 10:34 pm



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