On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote:
> Free will is related to the issue of determinism -- could a very powerful
> computer precisely predict my
> future behaviour?
Yes, but only if the computer didn't tell me what it predicted beforehand,
because then the computer's actions would effect my actions; and the
computer can predict my actions but it can't predict its own.
> And if not,
If not then my actions could not be predicted because they happened for no
reason, they were random.
> is there an "I" that has ultimate control over my decisions?
If something ("I" or anything else) controlled my decisions then my
decisions were deterministic. And if "I" pushed decisions down path X
rather than path Y for a reason then "I" too is deterministic, and if "I"
pushed decisions down path X rather than path Y for NO reason then "I" is
random.
> > In that case, what is this "I"?
"I" is a set of memories modulated by a imperfect logical processor that
works better in some directions than others; and perhaps most important,
"I" is a particular set of likes and dislikes that in the English language
is called "will". "Will" is not the problem, it's "free will" that's
gibberish.
John K Clark
<everything-list%[email protected]>
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