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Re:YouTube Regrets by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @05:26PM (#21264010)
> Free will is an illusion but you can continue to postulate otherwise

Aren't you implying free will by saying a person "can continue to postulate otherwise"?

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Re:YouTube Regrets by sysbin on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @05:29PM (#21264040)
postulate: suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis of reasoning.
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Re:YouTube Regrets by unkulunkulu on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @05:46PM (#21264243)
To really live up to your philosophy you seriously need to completely abandon modal verbs in your language
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Re:YouTube Regrets by unkulunkulu on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @05:39PM (#21264159)
The conundrum is in the word “can”
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Re:YouTube Regrets by syssbin2 on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @05:47PM (#21264257)
I guess "will" would have been better.
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