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5 Sep 2024 11:21:27 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Is free choice an illusion?  
From: Tim Cook
Date: 13 Sep 2009 14:42:20
Message: <4aad3d0c$1@news.povray.org>
m_a_r_c wrote:
> Somebody who follows his instinct is closer to the deterministic side
> The one who thinks hard  and weights the consequences of his acts is closer 
> to the free choice side

Isn't that the other way 'round?  If you think carefully and weigh all 
consequences, you're using a system to precisely *determine* the 
outcome.  ;)

...whereas purely emotion-driven is (in theory) totally random, with no 
real choice involved, either.

Uh-oh...

--
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.freesitespace.net


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