RE: Determinism vs Free Will
May 13, 2010 at 9:21 am
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2010 at 9:22 am by JoeNoshow.)
Quote:You call this lucky?! ^_<
Of course... all of those things leading up to our births happened... and couldn't have done otherwiseDeterminism frees us from a great deal of regret, I do think
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I was joking about the lucky thing.

Quote:Evidently you haven't met L'Idiot of the village. ^_< We call people crazy because they are "in a state of mind that prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction; seriously mentally ill". Life seems chaotic because it is![]()
Seems chaotic, but that doesn't mean that life is chaotic.
Quote:If an isolated cause and effect makes no sense, (ex. You kill somebody simply because they said Hi), it's only senseless because one isn't aware of the chain of causes leading up to that particular cause and effect.
No... i'm pretty sure i killed him for saying 'hi'.![]()
Yes, but why did 'Hi' trigger a hostile response? What was the cause for that reponse? I believe that's where the rationality lies.
Quote:I suppose that I have faith in the idea that life would make sense if we fully understood it. However, omniscience isn't particularily easy to attain.
Methinks you should question that faith >_^
I could, but it pleases me to believe so. Yes, things do seem senseless at times, but until we know everything we can't determine that things are indeed senseless.
Better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you're not.