@chaosprime … ok, so break this down for me into tiny tiny little pieces that I can eat like thought candy. If I stand in a yellow wood, and two roads stand before me, then I can choose which road to walk? Or at least, I am able to walk either (but not both) roads. 1/n
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When (or if) I proceed down one or the other road, I have made a choice. Or at least a decision has been made? The decision is, hopefully obviously, influenced by a large number of factors: both external and internal. All of the external factors are interpreted by me. 2/n
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Replying to @jefflowrey
right, and you do in fact choose which road to walk and given an identical "you" and an identical "yellow wood" and an identical "two roads" you'll always choose the same one
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Replying to @chaosprime @jefflowrey
why? this has an unstated premise that the universe is deterministic but what if that's a false premise?
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the universe does seem to be deterministic, no? why would we presume that causality is *not* basically how things work? (I guess maybe quantum stuff?)
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quantum stuff is a huge monkey wrench in the determinism of Newtonian and Einsteinian physics. on some scales interactions are probabilistic, not deterministic. I don't think it's unreasonable to think that non-determinism can creep up to larger scales too.
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Replying to @danlistensto @sonyasupposedly and
this kind of Discourse always reminds me of depressive realism wherein depressed people have a more accurate view of outcomes, but also, worse outcomes i want the better outcomes, being right is overrated. so i'm on team spooky action at a distance
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yeah, i'm just greedy, i want the desirable elements of everybody's outcomes so i play on team spooky action at a distance while bugging team mechanistic interaction's dugout
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Replying to @chaosprime @danlistensto and
i'm told there are people for whom belief systems are not instrumental but i staunchly refuse to believe this
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Replying to @djinnius @danlistensto and
really what good could believing in their existence possibly do you
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