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Originally posted by shogu666
Quantum mechanics are hardly deterministic.
Originally posted by cloudyday
Are you saying that uncertainty = free will?
Originally posted by TheAlmo
reply to post by filosophia
I, obviously, am not talking about freedom of movement and the physical limitations of our body. You can have absolutely no freewill and move perfectly fine just like robots do. If you program a robot with a very sophisticated program that helps it move around, talk to people, is it free?
Let's say you're home watching TV, and you smelled something delicious coming from the kitchen.
It has no choice but to adhere to the universal laws. Human beings are nothing but highly complicated robots that run on an automatically updatable code that is their lives and experiences and due to their complexity, they appear like they have freewill.edit on 9-10-2011 by TheAlmo because: (no reason given)
"The laws of physics do not have to be the same as the laws of the psyche"
What makes the food delicious? What if that delicious food isn't...
What do you mean by automatically updatable code? It sounds very indoctrinating, almost cult like where members have little choice in their beliefs and must accept a standard doctrine.
No offense, but I'm thinking you are one of those scientists who just want to convince others everything and everyone are completely predictable, no surprises in social behaviour from one self or others, no emotions which can't be explained right away, no reason to boot compassion.exe, it's just not in your programming.
I can see you and others with your mindset slowly taking over the globe with those universal laws, promises about magical pills which make one feel happy, the security of technology. It's a huge self fulfilling prophecy, make everyone believe they have no choice in what to think or feel, how to respond, what or how to express and within a few generations everyone will believe just that. Still all in our minds, but slightly different.
Originally posted by TheAlmo
The psyche is itself nothing but electrical signals and chemical reactions as far as we're concerned.
Originally posted by Titen-Sxull
reply to post by Manula
Can you present some logical or scientific evidence that the soul exists?
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