Re: Two personal beliefs and their consequences
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If determinism is the opposite of free will, why then would you want to prove free will while trying to prove determinism?? Still no one has given an example of making a choice that hasn't been influenced by past events.
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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".
If you could eat that bowl of ice cream but decide not to then determinism is false.
I'm sure I could abstain from eating that bowl of ice cream.
Stu
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