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Free Will is a Delusion
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 110166:MV8yNjUxNTdfNDY4NDA2Ml9BQ0FCMDY4Mw==] [quote:Anonymous Coward 119549] can you tell me how you choose to type the words above? oh you thought of it? where did those thoughts come from, and how did you choose those thoughts? whats that you say, you dont know? o i guess than means you have no choose you fuckin dumb idiot. [/quote] Your thoughts arise from the stillness (pool) of the mind. That stillness is the slab of maleable marble that is constantly molded and carved into thoughts, concepts, or ideas by your free will. Thoughts don't just pop up by themselves. This pool or reservoir is the creator of all thoughts, and can only be accessed by free will. It is the free will that shapes your thoughts into any form in which you choose to represent them. Sometimes thoughts seem to just popup though for no reason. This is due to the subconscious mind's meddling. It is an involuntary thought-provoking mechanism of the mind, that helps to guide you back onto the right path. But these days, the subconscious has been taken over by subliminal messages and NLP attacks. Now our subconscious is giving us ideas that we shouldn't be getting at all. Our free will has been compromised in this sense, but essentially we are still in control. [/quote]
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Premise 1: Physics shows that all events are either caused or random.
Premise 2: All human actions are events.
Conclusion: All human actions are either caused or random.
If human actions are caused, they are not freely chosen. If they are random, they are also not freely chosen.
And we cannot say that human actions are "caused by free choice" to save the concept of free will, for "free choice" itself is either caused or random.
"Free will" is either a misunderstanding of causation or a misunderstanding of randomness. It is not real, and is thus either an illusion or a delusion, depending on your view of how useful the fiction is.
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