i don't blame people for their attachment to the concept of free will, since their having said attachment was deterministic anyway
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it doesn't demonstrate that the actual site of the choice-making couldn't be free, if that weren't an empty word
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That's strange. Imagining the consciousness you experience as being like a more observable layer of your True Self is still relatively consistent with being your own agent, and neatly wraps in "the monster inside me" narratives as well.
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why would anyone even expect consciousness to do anything its only purpose is to justify decisions to other humans
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could be one of those things where, like, an organization routes information across one guy's desk and finds out this means they accidentally made him the manager consciousness needs dashboard views of lots of stuff to cook up justifications, decides this means it's in charge
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I'm not convinced there's a singular consciousness to be making choices but pretty sure choices are being made. I experience free will as something that requires strategy, internal consensus-building, and taking advantage of tipping points rather than something "I" "Do", though.
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On our old discord server a user was once given the role titled "Believes in Free Will" and another role titled "Also Believes in Determinism" after a truly baffling conversation.