> [Case] > You also imply that human behavior with regards to eating worms can > be determined by the application of sufficient force. Not a lot of free > will going on is there?
[Craig] Oh, but there is. Free will does not mean you cannot be forced, but that you decide what force is sufficient. [Case] Well take the Mir Space Station spinning in orbit around the Earth. One day in the course of its orbital decay it just decided to come one down? Force sufficient to compel me to eat worms might not be a matter of force at all it might be hunger or the look of enjoyment in the torturer's eye. Or the amount of money you offer me to do it. The causal factors are more complex but can still be measured and stated probabilistically. But the point of this was if it is fair to say that inorganic matter has a preference, is it turn about to say that 'preference' among living things is just another form of determinism? moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
