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Re:The Libet experiment doesn't disprove free will (2019) by chordalkeyboard on Monday February 15, 2021 @06:36PM (#26149145)
This needle is threaded by contemplation of what it means for someone to “choose.” If one freely chooses whatever one wants, then one has free will but one will always choose their desires.
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Re:The Libet experiment doesn't disprove free will (2019) by taneq on Monday February 15, 2021 @11:27PM (#26150944)
I tend to drive that relation backwards - what people choose is what they ACTUALLY want (out of their given options).
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Re:The Libet experiment doesn't disprove free will (2019) by B1FF_PSUVM on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @05:52AM (#26152780)
... and if the desires were foreordained ...
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