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Do we actually have free will?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 9:57 pm
Posted on 2/26/15 at 9:57 pm
Or do we just have the illusion of free will with a complex combination of brain chemicals and outside variables acting in concert when we "make" a decision?
If a computer could be designed with infinite memory and processing capabilities, and it had every variable in the cosmos entered into it at this exact moment, could it accurately predict future events into eternity?
Are things fated or do we have control?
If a computer could be designed with infinite memory and processing capabilities, and it had every variable in the cosmos entered into it at this exact moment, could it accurately predict future events into eternity?
Are things fated or do we have control?
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Posted on 2/26/15 at 10:04 pm to KSGamecock
We have more free will than most. 
Posted on 2/26/15 at 10:07 pm to KSGamecock
We're social animals, so no.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 10:07 pm to Hardy_Har
Well obviously Americans have free will but what about people in the countries that God doesn't love like Russia or Portugal?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 10:15 pm to KSGamecock
I had free will when I was in Russia. 
Posted on 2/26/15 at 10:16 pm to Rebelgator
You keep it until you go native.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 10:41 pm to KSGamecock
What's wrong with Portugal?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 10:55 pm to HamzooReb
It's not America.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 10:56 pm to HamzooReb
They have spiders.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:09 pm to KSGamecock
I would say no bc there is not really any free will unless there are no consequences. We have two options. The worst part is our decisions are always made based on inadequate information, which I think is by design.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:11 pm to KSGamecock
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Do we actually have free will?
It depends on who you're paying to make you believe something like that.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:20 pm to KSGamecock
Genes->Fetal Development & Fetal Nutrition->Early Age Experience->Upbringing, Environment, Socio Economic Status,Adult Experience...up until about age 25.
The frontal cortex is the (most human part of the brain) and last part of the brain to fully mature (at about age 25). Because it is the last to fully develop, it is the brain region least shaped by that genome and most sculpted by experience.
Take away part of the executive decision making region take away much of the impulse control functions of the brain much closer to animal behavior and young children.
So even if you dealt a shitty hand to play, you still have choices.
The frontal cortex is the (most human part of the brain) and last part of the brain to fully mature (at about age 25). Because it is the last to fully develop, it is the brain region least shaped by that genome and most sculpted by experience.
Take away part of the executive decision making region take away much of the impulse control functions of the brain much closer to animal behavior and young children.
So even if you dealt a shitty hand to play, you still have choices.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:24 pm to Rebelgator
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I had free will when I was in Russia.
In soviet Russia, free will has YOU.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:27 pm to TbirdSpur2010
It's not fun when that happens.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:32 pm to KSGamecock
Feelings tend to get hurt, from what I've seen 
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:33 pm to KSGamecock
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If a computer could be designed with infinite memory and processing capabilities, and it had every variable in the cosmos entered into it at this exact moment, could it accurately predict future events into eternity?
I lean towards yes.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 7:12 am to KSGamecock
I will fight any Armenians on this board IRL.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 7:36 am to KSGamecock
We have enough of it for our eternity to be determined.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 8:09 am to KSGamecock
If you argue that we have no free will, you are arguing that your own argument is merely a product of the closed system.
The ability to consider this question is an argument for free will. Cogito ergo liberum.
The ability to consider this question is an argument for free will. Cogito ergo liberum.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 8:24 am to the808bass
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If you argue that we have no free will, you are arguing that your own argument is merely a product of the closed system. The ability to consider this question is an argument for free will. Cogito ergo liberum
I knew I could depend on The Bass to sort this shite out and shut this dumbass thread down.
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