RE: Is free will real?
December 27, 2014 at 11:31 pm
(This post was last modified: December 27, 2014 at 11:35 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(December 27, 2014 at 10:28 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Useful for what?Predicting human behavior and the utilitarian benefits thereof (transportation, productivity, conflict resolution, etc). But also, finding dinner.
Quote:If the self is an illusion, then all the utility that contributes to the development, sustenance and pleasure of the self is pixie dust.I suppose that depends on what you think "self" is or does, huh? Is there ever going to be a point at which free will is explained on it's own merits, rather than as a hostage negotiation? Pretty sure that angle was covered pages ago (Rasetsu!)?
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