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What do we do while deciding if free will exists?

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RE: What do we do while deciding if free will exists?

April 14, 2015 at 5:22 pm

Free will is a case in which something like Pascal's Wager makes sense. I behave as if I have a free will, because if there is there are consequences depending upon how I behave. If I don't have a free will, then this is how I would have behaved anyway. There's really no downside.

If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.

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RE: What do we do while deciding if free will exists? - by The Grand Nudger - April 19, 2015 at 7:18 pm

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