On 28 Jun 2017, at 16:12, John Clark wrote:
I can think of 2 definitions of "free will" that are not
gibberish, although neither is useful:
1) It is the inability to know what you will decide to do next
before you decide to do it.
Not to bad. Useful? If not try a perhaps better definition.
2) It is a sequence of letters that lots of people on the internet
like to type.
Unfortunately, there are many sequence of letters that people like to
type. So this definition is much to large, and besides free-will, if
it exist or not, like the unicorn, is anything but a sequence of
letter. The sequence of letters is only a pointer.
Once I saw the definition, for unicorn, "horse with a frontal horn".
In that case it exists, even if rare. Usually the term "mythical" is
added. But according to google, a unicorn is also a start-up company
valued at more than a billion dollars, typically in the software or
technology sector. Which I guess settles the problem of its existence :)
Google:
unicorn
ˈjuːnɪkɔːn/
noun
1.
a mythical animal typically represented as a horse with a single
straight horn projecting from its forehead.
2.
a start-up company valued at more than a billion dollars, typically in
the software or technology sector.
John K Clark
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