Apparently the legacy view negates free will. On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: > What does it mean to 'lose control' of something? > > Your car, your bladder, your gambling, your pet Rottweiler... > > What are the broad physical principles involved? What are we talking about > when we refer to this, and why is it something that can have consequences > considered to be 'serious'? > > It would seem that the legacy view is to simply deny that this phrase refers > to anything in particular. All processes are simply probabilistic exchanges > and clockwork mechanisms which are not 'controlled' by anything in > particular to begin with. > > Craig > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >
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