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Old 12-17-2004, 03:07 PM
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Default Re: Newcomb\'s Paradox

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I have seen this question posed before in a couple of forms, and the real argument is "do we have free will or not."

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I don't buy this. Free-will and the ability to predict the future are not mutually exclusive. You just have to have a more flexible concept of time to accomodate both concepts.

I am not religious myself, but I think this idea comes up alot for people who are. That is, people who need to reconcile the idea of an all-knowing god with the idea of free will. And I know lots of people believe these ideas can peacefully co-exist.

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