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Thr Surgery That Proved There Is No Free Will

  1. You want to bet on the Yankees, you can.
    You want to kill someone, you can.
    You want to eat cat food, you can.

    That's free will.
  2. Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
    Originally posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You want to bet on the Yankees, you can.
    You want to kill someone, you can.
    You want to eat cat food, you can.

    That's free will.

  3. Speedy Parker Black Hole
    Originally posted by Xlite Free will or limited agency as i prefer to call it, is only free within the boundaries of what information is being presented to us and our ability to process and understand it.

    When you give people choice their decision is partly determined by how they interpret those choices, their past experiences, cultural background, emotional state, environment etc.


    You think reading this was a choice and that is the illusion.
    You didn't chose your sex, you didnt chose your body, you didnt chose your soul, and you sure as hell didn't chose to read this.


    Absolute free will would be both impractical and nearly unimaginable. My best attempt at describing it would probably be something like imagining a display showing up in your brain every time you receive input. This display would present every possible outcome from interacting or not interacting with the information AT THE SAME TIME! The sheer volume of choices would lead to sensory overload, giving you the ultimate brain fart and making decision-making impossible. Its just not feasable.

    TLDR
  4. NARCassist gollums fat coach
    Originally posted by Xlite Free will or limited agency as i prefer to call it, is only free within the boundaries of what information is being presented to us and our ability to process and understand it.

    When you give people choice their decision is partly determined by how they interpret those choices, their past experiences, cultural background, emotional state, environment etc.


    You think reading this was a choice and that is the illusion.
    You didn't chose your sex, you didnt chose your body, you didnt chose your soul, and you sure as hell didn't chose to read this.


    Absolute free will would be both impractical and nearly unimaginable. My best attempt at describing it would probably be something like imagining a display showing up in your brain every time you receive input. This display would present every possible outcome from interacting or not interacting with the information AT THE SAME TIME! The sheer volume of choices would lead to sensory overload, giving you the ultimate brain fart and making decision-making impossible. Its just not feasable.

    WHEN YOU GIVE PEOPLE CHOICES??

    Who the fuck you think you are? You don't give me choices you arrogant prick


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  5. Xlite African Astronaut
    Originally posted by NARCassist WHEN YOU GIVE PEOPLE CHOICES??

    Who the fuck you think you are? You don't give me choices you arrogant prick


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    Hmm.. maybe i shoulda said "when the world presents you with choice"

    Or maybe i shouldn't give a fuck about low iq indiviudals and their non-existing ability to intepret things the way they were meant to be.
  6. Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
    Originally posted by Xlite Or maybe i shouldn't give a fuck

    Best thing said in this thread.
  7. NARCassist gollums fat coach
    Originally posted by Xlite Hmm.. maybe i shoulda said "when the world presents you with choice"

    Or maybe i shouldn't give a fuck about low iq indiviudals and their non-existing ability to intepret things the way they were meant to be.

    Its pretty clear what you said. If that isn't what you meant you shoulda said what you did


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  8. What_a_Kreep Tuskegee Airman
    Originally posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You want to bet on the Yankees, you can.
    You want to kill someone, you can.
    You want to eat cat food, you can.

    That's free will.

  9. I knew an elderly couple, sister and brother in their 90s, who ate cat food. One time I went into the kitchen and it stunk of cat food, and she was at the counter spreading cat food on slices of bread. I asked her if they were OK, and she said they were fine.
  10. Originally posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I knew an elderly couple, sister and brother in their 90s, who ate cat food. One time I went into the kitchen and it stunk of cat food, and she was at the counter spreading cat food on slices of bread. I asked her if they were OK, and she said they were fine.

    i bet they have incesteous sex too
  11. Speedy Parker Black Hole
    Originally posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I knew an elderly couple, sister and brother in their 90s, who ate cat food. One time I went into the kitchen and it stunk of cat food, and she was at the counter spreading cat food on slices of bread. I asked her if they were OK, and she said they were fine.

    What other fond memories do you have of your parents?
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