John,
I can't point out the contradiction because there is none. And it leads to no contradiction because free will can't be assumed. You assume that it can't be assumed but you bring no support for your universal claim. How do you know that it can't be done? What happens if I do it anyway? Per your admission, I won't run into a contradiction. Then what's to stop me from assuming it? I point I'll make in an upcoming post (mostly in response to Stathis and you) is that people in general, including you, make many assumptions that don't make any sense unless you make them or unless you make other assumptions which don't make sense except in the paradigm that assumes them. Good heavens! I really didn't think a assumption that gibberish is worthless was controversial! You finally feel what I feel! :) I really didn't think that something as self-obvious like our experience of free will was controversial! But in regards to your concern, you only need to step outside the box and you will see useful gibberish all around (again, more in my upcoming post). -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
