Re: Two personal beliefs and their consequences
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Laplace's Demon knows all the facts about the past and present and all the natural laws that govern our world, and uses this knowledge to foresee the future, down to every detail.
LaPlace's Demon never lies.
LaPlace's Demon says to you, "I know you are going to eat this bowl of ice cream".
[/ QUOTE ] If you are not going to eat the ice cream, at least one of these three premises has to be false. It could just as well be the second or third as the first. All you have done is set up a scenario with premises that contradict each other. Doesn't prove anything.
(Does the demon have the ability to shut up?)
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