Do you believe in free will?

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  • malkiot
    10 years ago | pl

    That theory says nothing on crime and 'bad' things. There is no reason why a deterministic viewpoint would preclude crime. All the theory says that every process in nature follows the laws of nature and the outcome is therefore 'pre'determined and you have no real influence (because your actions are also 'pre'determined).

    I proposed a (thought) experiment which could answer some questions as to how we develop. Good luck getting that past an ethics comittee.

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    • dontgetfatdietingsucks
      10 years ago | pl

      Not sure why I said anything about crime. That was silly.
      How about this. Brain development may follow laws. However thought processes don't. That's why people in the same circumstances will have different views beliefs and behaviors. That is their free will. I think that makes sense. Yes, let's go with that.

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      • malkiot
        10 years ago | pl

        As far as we know everything follows laws. Us not knowing the laws does not make them any less valid ;)

        The real question is whether these laws allow for free will or not, or even what we can consider free will to be.

        "That's why people in the same circumstances will have different views beliefs and behaviors. That is their free will. I think that makes sense. Yes, let's go with that."

        People have different opinions because they are different because their surroundings were different :P

        If you are interested in the topic I would suggest starting with wiki and working from there.

        Lastly I just want to say that Determinism does not necessarily eliminate free will. Philosophy, eh?

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