On 27 June 2014 07:03, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/26/2014 4:17 AM, LizR wrote: > >> Yes, according to this view we are just "along for the ride". >> > > Isn't that going to be true of any model that explains us in terms of > something simpler we can understand, whether it's strings or arithmetic?
Yes, any deterministic and / or random explanation will have that effect. > It seems that the only kind of "explanation" people intuititively like is > one that makes them mysterious. > That's because we feel we have free will (whatever that is). Or at least we feel that we are unpredictable. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
