Re:You are what you read, even if you don't always remember it
by somenameforme on Thursday April 25, 2024 @02:23AM
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No, I am stating that we can control and change how we behave, which is largely the definition of free will. This is why even identical twins growing up in a practically identical environment will not end up identical. To continue with claims of no free will you end up needing to start appealing to some sort of a butterfly effect of environment. And while that claim is not falsifiable and probably never will be, I think such diverge is vastly more easily explained by simply people having agency and, in identical circumstance and even near identical genetics, being free to make different decisions.
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Re:You are what you read, even if you don't always remember it
by lynx23 on Thursday April 25, 2024 @04:42AM
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You already said it. "practically identical" is not the same as identical, which alrady explains the (butterfly?) differences. Miniscule differences actually add up...
Re:You are what you read, even if you don't always remember it
by TFYS on Thursday April 25, 2024 @05:37AM
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> To continue with claims of no free will you end up needing to start appealing to some sort of a butterfly effect of environment.
The differences between the lives of even identical twins in the same environment are a lot more than a flap of a butterfly's wings. They don't spend every second of their lives together, so their experiences will differ quite a bit.