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Re:Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People by fjdlwlv on Thursday December 22, 2016 @10:36PM (#13242624)
> I don't understand why people have such a weird problem reconciling the brain with the mind.

You do understand, you said it yourself! Because they have no free will to not have the problem!

I can't blame you though. You had no choice.

BTW,you are the first person I know who admits being a Compatibilist. I don't understand how you can rationally take that position.

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Re:Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People by SerLava on Friday December 23, 2016 @12:29AM (#13243056)
>BTW,you are the first person I know who admits being a Compatibilist.

Not really - I'm determinist, but I just know the difference between "Things are technically predetermined" and "I'm being forced to do something, like at gunpoint." As in, it's not demoralizing because that makes no sense.

I like it when my brain makes a decision, and I don't care that my brain isn't pulling decisions magically from a mysterious dimension full of floaty ghosts.

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