Yes speculation but also a true one bassed on experiance. Truely if I have more than three cups of coffee before miday, then before miday I shall pay a visit to the loo.
It is true that this is speculation, but based on experiance, and it is true, I can garrentee it. So no matter how this knowldge of the future comes to me I do have it, I can really tell what will happen to me in the future. I do in fact have some 'access' rather then your stated no access. Come on my friend you can't really get away with making one declaration and then when shown how this may be wrong redefine the parameters of your belife now can you? Similar to 'Will'. You say then that I do not understand what will is, isn't that a claim along the same sort of lines? You redefining a word to fit your parameters? I seem to remember when we talked about will yesterday we had no such problems. On 27 Aug, 15:17, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 27 Aug, 14:45, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I agree. In other parts of the book, I explain that our lack of > > > TRUE free will is perfectly masked by the fact that we have no access > > > to the future. If we did, everyone would know I speak the truth. > > > Thus the line, "blessed are those who believe and have not seen." The > > > same logic applies here. The lack of access gives the perfect > > > appearance of free will and there no way to escape that appearance, > > > other than seeing the whole of space-time as a single unit. Einstein > > > saw it, but HE kept his mouth (mostly) shut. I refuse to keep my > > > mouth shut, though some people wish I would. ;-) > > > Yet we do have some access to the future by dint of experiance. I > > know that If drink more that three cups of coffee in the morning by a > > little before midday I shall be in the tiolet. Does this count as > > knowledge of what shall happen in the future? > > Not in the least. It is a clear example of speculation about the > future in the present based on past experience. It's one of those > acts that helps make us believe we have choices because we can > speculate about possible outcomes. But speculation is always done in > the present and it is based on the past. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
