Does “Free Will” Even Make Sense?

Posted by StevePatterson on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @01:34PM
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http://steve-patterson.com/does-free-will-even-make-sense/

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Re:Does “Free Will” Even Make Sense? by efoto on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @03:13PM (#10388708)

Arguing, that illusion of having a free will is "just a useless trick, that happens to cost a lot of physical resources and serves absolutely no function" is indeed ridiculous.

Believing in free will apparently has an evolutionary advantage regardless of origins of such beliefs.

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Re:Does “Free Will” Even Make Sense? by PavlovsCat on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @02:38PM (#10388493)

> and it’s just a useless trick, that happens to cost a lot of physical resources

Oh? What would those resources otherwise be used for?

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