The very fact that anyone thinks anything is almost impossible to reconcile with a fully deterministic view.
On the other hand, @SamHarrisOrg's perspective robs us if free will without physical determinism. If some version of the question is worth sleeplessness, that's the one.https://twitter.com/seanonolennon/status/971223011087990784 …
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To be clear: worrying about determinsm comes very close to proving the universe is not deterministic. That does not, however, prove one has meaningful free will.
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Replying to @BretWeinstein
That is a misunderstanding. The universe seems reversible, so it is almost certainly deterministic, but that is unrelated to free will. Free will is the ability to act on what one believes to be right (as opposed to act on compulsion). Randomness would destroy intentionality.
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Replying to @Plinz @BretWeinstein
So it follows that if randomness exists at the heart of our biological brain function that free will is not possible (ie I cannot be intentional), correct?
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Replying to @matbalez @BretWeinstein
Our brain is a probabilistic system, which means that it is deterministic with an offset of randomness. By definition, only the deterministic part can be determined by your intentions.
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What determines your intentions?
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Intentions are determined by the regulation architecture that gets entrained into our nervous system by our motivational rewards and the models we form.
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How did you form the sentences that comprise your previous message? Why did you use the phrase 'regulation architecture' instead of 'regulation structure?'
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Because it is an intricate layered building with foundations and dependencies, and much of is is the result of protocognitive, cognitive, personal and cultural design processes.
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