RE: Does Free Will actually exist? Is there a way to tell?
January 27, 2015 at 9:08 pm
(This post was last modified: January 27, 2015 at 9:13 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Jesus christ...now it's ownership? See, I said this to Prof...but it applies to you as well. Is there some point at which you're going to make free will a reality on it's own merits or will it be an endless list of -but what about this other thing?- At some point a person could just say "So what about that other thing?"
Do you no longer own a car because you decide, with your "free will" to leave it on the side of the highway? Or will you get a fine, and a bill, for leaving the car that you still own...on the side of the highway? You don't "freely will" your heart to beat..is it not your heart? You didn't choose your body...is it not your own? Are the thoughts that just pop into your mind, un-chosen...somehow someone else's..or no ones?
You're going to have to go long and hard to find something that truly hinges on free will, in order to make this sidestepping conclusion business work, and if you ever get there I'll just say "So what...guess we'd have to rethink that one." eh?
Do you no longer own a car because you decide, with your "free will" to leave it on the side of the highway? Or will you get a fine, and a bill, for leaving the car that you still own...on the side of the highway? You don't "freely will" your heart to beat..is it not your heart? You didn't choose your body...is it not your own? Are the thoughts that just pop into your mind, un-chosen...somehow someone else's..or no ones?
You're going to have to go long and hard to find something that truly hinges on free will, in order to make this sidestepping conclusion business work, and if you ever get there I'll just say "So what...guess we'd have to rethink that one." eh?
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