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2015-12-15 at 2:32 AM UTC in Freewill
Of course there is more than one perspective on free will. I never claimed that there is only one perspective on free will, you are wrong about that.
Then why not simply say what the other perspective was instead of ducking around the point? Given the language you used it seems pretty obvious you were coming purely from a materialist standpoint. If you disagree then either explain how I misinterpreted your OP or acknowledge that it wasn't clear. You don't have to insist that the OP was perfect and unable to be critiqued like some sort of egotist.
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2015-12-14 at 4:04 AM UTC in ATTACK ON TITAN - THE MOVIEshibby
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2015-12-14 at 3:57 AM UTC in Freewill
Unless that can be shown to be true it's sort of irrelevant what dualists claim. Who cares about their ridiculous fantasy?
It's not irrelevant at all. You claimed there is only one perspective on freewill, which is clearly wrong regardless of the weight of evidence behind dualism.
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2015-12-13 at 7:17 AM UTC in The Universe and Youscientists shit their pants over anything to do with the cosmos.
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2015-12-13 at 7:16 AM UTC in Freewill
As I understand dualism it is at its core the conceptual separation or division of body and mind, or the material and the immaterial. I do not think body and mind can actually be separate. Rather they are just two conceptual aspects of the same thing, my existence. They affect each other, are mutually dependent on each other. While they can be conceptually divided into contrasting aspects of my existence, they are ultimately united as one thing. Therefore the mind is not an independent force in this world, and so it cannot possibly have free will.
A lot of people claim ridiculous things. The question is are they true? I cannot see how the mind and body could be separated beyond a conceptual separation. Therefore I cannot see how free will could magically exist in the mind, I cannot understand how a mans will would remain uninfluenced by the world he lives in. If you do understand how that would work I would appreciate your explanation.
I admit you are right about that. There are probably many ways to approach this topic. I just haven't learned any other way that makes any sense. If you know a way to approach free will that makes more sense than my approach, let me know.
Whether you personally accept the premise of dualism or not is sort of beside the point. The dualist conception of freewill, as espoused by actual dualists, clearly maintains that it can affect the real world. That said, I understand where you're coming from. -
2015-12-13 at 4:37 AM UTC in The Universe and You
It doesn't mean much to you personally. To many people this realization can change their whole perspective on life and death, can change the way they live their life. If you're not one of those people you won't feel the same way. I do not know of any deeper spiritual feeling than what this realization brings to me.
Pretty obvious that it only appeals to hippies. Stay away from the devil's lettuce, obbe. -
2015-12-13 at 2:47 AM UTC in Anyone see any good movies or shows lately?Go watch Don't Look Now if you haven't already. One of the best movies I've seen in a while. In a similar vein to The Last Wave.
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2015-12-13 at 2:15 AM UTC in The Universe and You
Who knows what happens when you die? What we do know is that you are connected to rest of the universe atomically, chemically, biologically and perhaps even spiritually if you're into that sort of thing. How is that meaningless?
It's a nice thought, sure, but it doesn't say anything about death or change anything about my current existence. It's just like...Oh yeah, that's cool...moving right along.
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2015-12-13 at 2:05 AM UTC in Freewill
That sounds like a pretty useless thing to believe. If their "free will" is unable to affect the real world, how is it really free will?
What makes you think the dualist conception of free will can't affect the real world? Like Lanny said, most dualists actually do make this claim. Besides, the point just serves to demonstrate that there is more than one way to approach the topic of free will, whereas the OP seemed to suggest there is only one. -
2015-12-11 at 4:06 AM UTC in Posters this site could really usebring back tacho 2016
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2015-12-11 at 12:07 AM UTC in This used to be my forum
It's Snoopy.
just in time for his christmas special -
2015-12-10 at 11:43 PM UTC in Freewill
I don't mean in the legal sense. I mean the vague, mystical, hard to define sense. Freewill as in the magical ability to determine your own fate, cannot exist. Can you change the laws of physics? Can you alter the past? If you answered no to these questions, then it follows that you cannot have freewill.
That sounds like a materialist perspective. Wouldn't a dualist simply respond that freewill exists in the immaterial mind? -
2015-12-10 at 11:32 PM UTC in The Universe and YouYou are the universe...just not in any meaningful way. When you die you're presumably still condemned to black unconsciousness.
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2015-12-10 at 11:25 PM UTC in 2 reasons why I haven't been hanging with you niggers
That's right little boy, spend your life sitting at your keyboard covered in ashes and pizza toppings making the same old tired anal sex cracks. Me, I'm gonna ride and live life bitch.
"ride and live life bitch"
that's gold. -
2015-12-10 at 10:27 AM UTC in Have you ever crywanked?I always referred to this as a crank.
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2015-12-10 at 6:59 AM UTC in Juice +bitches be like: so happy to be running my own business
me: lol no you're a distributor in a pyramid scheme -
2015-12-09 at 10:38 AM UTC in Anyone see any good movies or shows lately?Pontypool? That had something to do with a radio. Shatterbrain, also known as The Resurrected, is another Lovecraft adaptation that stays fairly true to the source material.
Have you checked out Ash vs Evil Dead? -
2015-12-09 at 9:52 AM UTC in Dear America
I suppose 5' 10" 175 lbs would be fat to a malnourished little drongo.
Scooter rider confirmed. -
2015-12-09 at 9:50 AM UTC in How did Niggas In Space come about?So where is everyone? They decided to fuck off for good or just don't know about this place? Or is my guess as good as anyone's?
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2015-12-09 at 5:37 AM UTC in How did Niggas In Space come about?Was there a migration from Arnox's forum or rdfrn or something? I only stumbled across it by typing 'junio jacon jeese jurger' into google.