RE: Is free will real?
December 16, 2014 at 9:17 am
(This post was last modified: December 16, 2014 at 9:19 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Speaking of people and robots, and what may be or seem to be free. Suppose that hard determinism accounted for my every thought or action - I am entirely ignorant of what goes into it's totality, of even a tiny fraction of the variables.....
So what?
I must "make choices" just to get through the day. I don't do it because I think my will is free, or that free will is "true", but because I have no practical alternative. I also know that chocolate is not "better" than vanilla...but go ahead and ask me that question and see how I answer. It doesn't matter if "make choices" is interchangeable with "participate in a biochemical charade" - I'm going to do it anyway, not because I'm living a lie (or interested in living a lie, or believe that I am living a lie), but simply because I'm living.
So what?
I must "make choices" just to get through the day. I don't do it because I think my will is free, or that free will is "true", but because I have no practical alternative. I also know that chocolate is not "better" than vanilla...but go ahead and ask me that question and see how I answer. It doesn't matter if "make choices" is interchangeable with "participate in a biochemical charade" - I'm going to do it anyway, not because I'm living a lie (or interested in living a lie, or believe that I am living a lie), but simply because I'm living.
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