RE: Do Humans Have Compulsary Will? Which best describes your take on 'will'?
May 28, 2015 at 9:40 pm
At any given moment, any of us could get up and drop our next deuce on the floor. I'm confident that most of us won't for a myriad of reasons. My problem with the determinist position is that the existence of toilets and the practice of putting shit where we usually do is all due to sequential particle interactions set in motion in the very young universe.
The problem arises when someone drops a turd on the floor after 40 years of using a toilet. A determinist must then assert that this behavior was also unavoidable because of a 13B year old chain of particle interaction. I am okay with counterintuitive conclusions; however, determinism lacks demonstration. Also, if everything is determined then the claim is un falsifiable.
Despite claiming a scientific basis by pointing to our increasing knowledge of QM, determinists cannot connect the dots to mind meaning it's pure speculation. For me, the position has only a moderately more stable foundation than the claim that everything is ordered by an old white dude with a beard in the sky.
The problem arises when someone drops a turd on the floor after 40 years of using a toilet. A determinist must then assert that this behavior was also unavoidable because of a 13B year old chain of particle interaction. I am okay with counterintuitive conclusions; however, determinism lacks demonstration. Also, if everything is determined then the claim is un falsifiable.
Despite claiming a scientific basis by pointing to our increasing knowledge of QM, determinists cannot connect the dots to mind meaning it's pure speculation. For me, the position has only a moderately more stable foundation than the claim that everything is ordered by an old white dude with a beard in the sky.
