We're all machines — TheMadFool
A person is coerced by others into doing something or is coerced by circumstances to ‘choose’. We call the latter “free will”. So I agree that there is no such thing as a “free” will. — Noah Te Stroete
Hello, fellow robot. We're free of fame and blame and shame. That there are so many differing kinds of robots out there obscures the fact that the will is fixed to what it must do in the instant of its use. At least there is consistency. If I were the opposite, as an arbitrary air-head, I'd be long dead now. — PoeticUniverse
Yes, we can resist our inclinations and go against them but it's an uphill battle. Moreover this is strong evidence that we didn't choose our preferences at all. — TheMadFool
So, we have no free will and if we do it is subdued by our unchosen inclinations. In essence we're not free. — TheMadFool
we have no free will and if we do it is subdued by our unchosen inclinations. In essence we're not free. — TheMadFool
Then what is doing the resisting? What is resisting what?Yes, we can resist our inclinations and go against them but it's an uphill battle. Moreover this is strong evidence that we didn't choose our preferences at all. — TheMadFool
Close the courtrooms — TheMadFool
Yes, we can resist our inclinations and go against them but it's an uphill battle. Moreover this is strong evidence that we didn't choose our preferences at all. — TheMadFool
Pain — Andrew4Handel
Any qualia would be the brain's way of broadcasting a product so that other brain areas could attend to the result. — PoeticUniverse
I do not see the point of any qualia if you cannot act on it. — Andrew4Handel
quailia — Andrew4Handel
Qualia cannot be useless, or they wouldn't have evolved. — PoeticUniverse
mental content — Andrew4Handel
determined by non determinate things, which means that we have free will — Eric Jenkins
not predetermined entirely by the past — Eric Jenkins
randomness at best — rlclauer
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