Because we make our decisions under the influence of genes and environmental inputs, such as Scott’s suggestion to stop. In other words, physics doesn’t end at the brain and block all influences on it. Independent choice is an illusion. We are a product of our programming.
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Replying to @PaleoPhil @ScottAdamsSays
Sam Harris and Naval explain it too. Our choices are not purely predictable, as we are too complex. So there is not pure predestination, but there is also not free will.
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Not predictable does not mean anything but "not predictable." It says nothing of free will.
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Replying to @PaleoPhil @ScottAdamsSays
A couple reasons why I mentioned that the universe is not predictable: 1) The free will debate is often framed by Christians as free will vs. predestination 2) the Simulation suggests that both are wrong, which would be pretty ironically funny
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Some people have freer will than others...
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I agree with Sam, Scott and Naval that free will is an illusion. It could be a result of our programming via simple rules that generate emergent complexity. The Simulation explains all major mysteries very well and struck me as obvious once I thought scarce computer resources.
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We have hard-coded morality for the big stuff.
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Replying to @ScottAdamsSays @PersuasionRisng
Presumably a programmed safeguard to keep the characters in this simulation from annihilating each other and ending the game prematurely, to the dismay of the geeks who put so much effort into creating it.
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