• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    I believe the more nuanced argument is that even though you think you have free will and are making choices such as “let’s build a hospital” or “I will write a song”, due to the nature of all effects needing causes, in a chain - there is no such thing as free will as there is no cause without effect.

    • Wes_Dev@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      Agreed. So far the only things we know of that don’t seem to have detectable causes are virtual particles and maybe radioactive decay, I think?

    • Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com
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      11 months ago

      True (I guess anyway!) but consciousness still alters the physical world. What’s driving consciousness, that’s the real question IMO.