Free will is wholly deterministic

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Re: Free will is wholly deterministic

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Iwannaplato wrote: Mon Sep 11, 2023 5:49 am And regardless of whether free will or determinism is the case, I am going to try my damndest to get things to where I want them, every day.
At the very least you'll involuntarily participate in the delusion that you are doing that...

If free will is a delusion - then I choose to delude myself.
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Re: Free will is wholly deterministic

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Iwannaplato wrote: Mon Sep 11, 2023 5:49 amYou're the one who put a priority on being cautious.
I guess you missed this...
henry quirk wrote: Sat Sep 09, 2023 2:25 pm
Flannel Jesus wrote: Sat Sep 09, 2023 12:03 pmWhat makes it cautious?
Oh, the idea man is a libertarian free will is bold, at least when compared to the conventional view man is just a meat machine.

But sculptor is a putz so I fucked with him (too bad he couldn't get past the obvious so my fuckery fell flat).
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Re: Free will is wholly deterministic

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henry quirk wrote: Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:12 am
Iwannaplato wrote: Mon Sep 11, 2023 5:49 amYou're the one who put a priority on being cautious.
I guess you missed this...
henry quirk wrote: Sat Sep 09, 2023 2:25 pm
Flannel Jesus wrote: Sat Sep 09, 2023 12:03 pmWhat makes it cautious?
Oh, the idea man is a libertarian free will is bold, at least when compared to the conventional view man is just a meat machine.

But sculptor is a putz so I fucked with him (too bad he couldn't get past the obvious so my fuckery fell flat).
Oh, OK, you didn't mean it. I'll stand by my response, though now I know the part about cautious didn't apply.
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Re: Free will is wholly deterministic

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Iwannaplato wrote: Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:02 pm
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