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nemesis wrote:
> Sabrina Kilian <ski### [at] vt edu> wrote:
>> http://www.physorg.com/news186830615.html
>>
>> An interesting take on the matter. Shall we reopen the age old discussion?
>
> I for one welcome our new environmental-chemical overlords. It's a relief to be
> freed from all responsibility for my acts. Now excuse me as I need to steal
> some beer from the local store... and they may sue and threaten my conscious
> mind, but will never get to my true unconscious self! mwahahaha
Not having free will doesn't necessarily equate to freedom from
responsibility for your acts (and therefore being able to do 'whatever
you want')...as the cumulative result of your upbringing and
environment, the actions that you end up taking are, if not
predetermined, highly probable. You *choose* to not rob the store *as a
result* of the knowledge that doing so will incur punishment.
Alternately, you weigh benefits and detriments, and if the benefits win,
you end up robbing the store after all--but the decision to do so was
entirely a result of existing criteria. Ergo, not free will.
--
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.freesitespace.net
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