@SamHarrisOrg If people don't "choose," why attack religion as you do? The religious have no choice but to believe on your view.
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@scizen And they have no choice but to change their beliefs when they see that they are unfounded or self-contradictory. - 1 more reply
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale I miss my asparagus... :(Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale 2+2 can = 5 if you have faith, or believe in quantum mechanics (as I understand both). :-)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale Lawrence Krauss says 2+2=5 for very large values of 2 ;)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale Right. As Leibniz pointed out there is no "freedom" in necessary truth (maths) *but* with contingent truth.?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale doesn't it all depend on how you chose to define 4 or 5???Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale not sure what this means, but I just swallowed a whole asparagus for no reason other than I never did before.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale 2/2 The alterative to determinism or causality isn't freewill, but randomness. And nobody likes that.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I feel that the term determinism confuses the issue. Maybe causality would be more apt?
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale Math is deductive, I see the questions about determinism and human agency as inductive.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale But basically, Sam, you are saying that real free will would entail freedom from logic. Right?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale Who is free to believe 2+2=5? Lawrence Krauss for one. He even has the tee-shirt.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale That statement doesn't refute compatibilism either@danieldennettThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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