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Warp wrote:
> There are only two possible conclusions we can make from this:
>
> 1) The human mind does not transcend beyond the physical world, which means
> that free choice does not exist. Everything the human mind comes up with is
> predetermined by deterministic events, sometimes garbled by random quantum
> effects. This is not free choice.
>
> 2) The human mind does transcend beyond the physical world as we know it,
> and is able to perform true choices which change deterministic chains of
> events in non-random ways. In other words, the human consciousness is more
> than just the electric impulses in our brain.
Actually, I've been thinking a lot about this lately, as I'm currently
reading "Godel, Escher, Bach." In particular, I'm in the section which
deals with how completely ordered, formal, & logical systems can serve
as a basis for (apparently) chaotic, fuzzy & random systems layered on
top of them.
I'm left thinking that, if "free will" does transcend mere chemistry
(ie, we are more than just moist robots), then I don't understand how it
works.
Alternatively, if "free will" is an illusion, then it is a useful one,
as it is the basis for many philosophies and, in fact, legal systems.
How's that for an answer? :)
...Chambers
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