Free will

[neocon]

Do you believe that you have free will?

 

[Hagar]

Do you believe that you have free will?

Within societal constraints yes.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Free will is the ability to choose between different possible courses of action unimpeded. Free will is closely linked to the concepts of moral responsibility, praise, guilt, sin, and other judgements which apply only to actions that are freely chosen.

Within reason, yes.

 

[neocon]

I don't, I have no idea why I decided to post this thread. Just popped into my head.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

I don't, I have no idea why I decided to post this thread. Just popped into my head.

You have free will to make a decision.

 

[Graetzbridge]

You have free will to make a decision.

Yes. Even if if it is totally screwed up.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

OP I dare you to post a sweary on here then when they remove it keep posting it.

I'll show you Free Will. Just make sure you choose the right decision though.

 

[Randomface74]

ask ur mum

 

[Stumble Bum]

Do you believe that you have free will?

Of course, I think the better question would be, do you believe you don't have free will and why?

 

[Puzzled]

I have films 2 & 3 on DVD but I don't believe I have Free Willy.

 

[FoxEye]

Do you believe that you have free will?

I don't know. I also don't know how much of "me" is nature and how much is nurture.

How much of my behavior is literally programmed into my genes.

 

[builder22]

 

[FoxEye]

Of course, I think the better question would be, do you believe you don't have free will and why?

We had this in another thread.

1) Conscious mind intrinsically linked to physical brain.
2) Physical brain subject to laws of physics/reality.

It is currently unknown if the laws of reality allow for genuinely indeterminate outcomes. Or if everything happening in your brain is 100% predictable (not now/tomorrow/this century, but predictable in theory).

If everything in your brain follows a deterministic, pre-defined pattern then you have no free will. You are just a watch. Wind you up and watch you go!

 

[200sols]

Yawn

 

[DanTheMan]

I think compared to 99.9% of the world population, I have more free will than most.

I don't necessarily want to have absolute free will as that then means all the idiots have it too...which seems more dangerous than how we are now.

 

[Mr Badger]

You can pay a solicitor if you want, but plenty or organisations (such as trade unions and some banks and even charities) offer a free will service.

 

[randal]

Yawn

Voluntary, or did you witness someone else yawn?

 

[d_brennen]

You can pay a solicitor if you want, but plenty or organisations (such as trade unions and some banks and even charities) offer a free will service.

WHSmith do wills, £20 though so not free.

In all seriousness, does it really matter? If free will is an illusion of a chaotic but determinate universe, what does this knowledge change?

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Do you believe that you have free will?

Yes, I can attempt to do anything I wish. Obviously, a great many things I might attempt will both be very bad ideas and have serious consequences.

 

[FoxEye]

WHSmith do wills, £20 though so not free.

In all seriousness, does it really matter? If free will is an illusion of a chaotic but determinate universe, what does this knowledge change?

For one, it would entirely nullify the concept of "regret".

You may regret saying something that went down poorly, but you didn't say it because you wanted to - you said it because a 100% deterministic universe gave you no other option.

So it would change our outlook quite a bit I'd say.