beep@piefed.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAccepting free will doesn’t exist could make us less hateful and ashamedtheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareSnoopSqueak@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoProve it. Can you even define it? It’s a bullshit excuse to make us feel guilty about things we did not choose.
minus-squareSnoopSqueak@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThat’s proof that you can type the word “no”. There is still zero proof of free will.
minus-squareroot@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agothats proof that I can freely say no
minus-squareSnoopSqueak@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoNo, it’s proof that you typed “no”, presumably because you’re so heavily invested in your identity as a catholic person that you thought typing “free will exists” is proof that it exists. It is not. Your brain, a physical thing, decided to do that.
minus-squareroot@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoExternal factors determine the stakes of your choices. The choice is yours
it exists
Prove it. Can you even define it? It’s a bullshit excuse to make us feel guilty about things we did not choose.
no
theres ur proof
That’s proof that you can type the word “no”. There is still zero proof of free will.
thats proof that I can freely say no
No, it’s proof that you typed “no”, presumably because you’re so heavily invested in your identity as a catholic person that you thought typing “free will exists” is proof that it exists.
It is not. Your brain, a physical thing, decided to do that.
External factors determine the stakes of your choices. The choice is yours