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Re:The Libet experiment doesn't disprove free will (2019) by LatteLazy on Monday February 15, 2021 @07:43PM (#26149656)
It's the same as intelligence or pornograph: you can't measure or really define it, you just know it when you see it.

Aka, it's not within the realm of science and people should stop pretending it is.

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Re:The Libet experiment doesn't disprove free will (2019) by Trasmatta on Monday February 15, 2021 @09:40PM (#26150321)
I never really liked that quote because of course you can define pornography. Just because it exists on a spectrum and there are grey areas doesn't mean you can't define it. That's the case for just about everything.
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Re:The Libet experiment doesn't disprove free will (2019) by Thiez on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @06:09AM (#26152859)
It's a lot like Loki's wager. We can't decide where the head ends and the neck begins, so these things must be outside the realm of science.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki%27s_Wager

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Re:The Libet experiment doesn't disprove free will (2019) by LatteLazy on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @03:12PM (#26158249)
Pornography isn't just a spectrum though it is? It requires a multi variable analysis and even then different people disagree a out what is or isn't pornographic.

Or is there some algorithm that will take a jpeg and 100% correctly tell us if it's porn or not?

The same is true of intelligence or free will.

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