Re:The physics that suggests we have no free will
by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Saturday July 25, 2020 @08:27AM
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> Everybody can figure all of this out by simple observation.
There is no figuring out in a predeterminism world. Whether or not you were programmed to accept a belief is really all that matters. "Figuring out" implies some sense of free will in that you are weighing the evidence and making a choice. If there is no free will, there is no making a choice. Basically, if there is no free will, it is pointless arguing about it since all arguments are pre-determined and all responses to arguments are pre-determined.
Re:The physics that suggests we have no free will
by polyacr on Saturday July 25, 2020 @10:55AM
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Yes, you're completely right. Thank you for pointing that out. That was poorly phrased on my side. Whether one will figure these things out or not is indeed a consequence of the underlying biological and social conditioning, i.e. inherent to the predetermined circumstances of our lives.
You are a biological automaton, predetermined by your biological and social preconditions, i.e. programmed. Everybody is, all the time, right now, e.g. me typing and reading this and having the taste of coffee in my mouth.
Your thoughts are a phenomenon inside of your consciousness, i.e. you are not thinking (no one is), you are that what is aware of all phenomena as it occurs to you. Your thoughts and feelings are just another phenomena. As soon as you are aware of anything, it already happened/manifested. If all you can be aware of is in the past, try to argue about free will. The present is an infinitely small border between future and past.
Everybody can figure all of this out by simple observation. It's not so difficult.