--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, matrixmonitor
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Some of the ongoing discussions in this forum elicit a possible
interface with the Turing test (below, entry copied from
Wikipedia). Briefly, the person being tested sits behind a screen
in which answers to
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, matrixmonitor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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The fact that we can't tell if our will is free or not; leaves the
door open for an ironic paradox: we can act AS IF our will is free,
even if it isn't, and not be the worse for wear. We can't even tell
if
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, matrixmonitor
matrixmonitor@ wrote:
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The fact that we can't tell if our will is free or not; leaves the
door open for an ironic paradox: we can act AS IF our will is free,
The fact that we can't tell if our will is free or not; leaves the
door open for an ironic paradox: we can act AS IF our will is
free, even if it isn't, and not be the worse for wear. We can't
even tell if our actions are really free will or not.
This begs the question: Say 't Hooft's
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, matrixmonitor
matrixmonitor@ wrote:
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The fact that we can't tell if our will is free or not; leaves
the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The fact that we can't tell if our will is free or not; leaves
the
door open for an ironic paradox: we can act AS IF our will is
free, even if it isn't, and not be the worse for wear. We can't
even tell if our
My approach to the determinist or non-existence of
free will argument is similar to Charlton Heston's
quote about guns: They can have my free will when
they pry it from my cold, dead fingers. :-)
Excellent!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The fact
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
This is why I don't understand why some folks are so
thrown by the idea of determinism. If determinism
were true, it would make absolutely no
