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I've had many discussions with people who don't truly seem to grasp the concept of determinism. I think we should never accept a theory that proves everything i
by SCHiM 9y ago
I've had many discussions with people who don't truly seem to grasp the concept of determinism. I think we should never accept a theory that proves everything is predetermined. If the theory is right it doesn't matter if people believe or act in accordance anyway, and everything anybody does doesn't matter. Time does not exist, nor actions and neither do people. Nothing is here or there if it is predetermined. If the theory is wrong but seems right for a while it will lead to less favourable outcomes for those who act in accordance while they actually had other options.
That is if you believe in free will. I don't believe in free will (surely it's impossible) or determinism, but rather in chaos with (maybe) some reinforcement by deterministic systems (such as our brains). Our actions powered by constant rolls of the dice, at our birth, in our brains and on the surface of the sun where at this very moment photons are being released that indirectly animate all human life on earth.
- amazingman 9y ago"Pre"-determination is a misleading term in this context. The wave function collapsed, and the result was what it was because that's what the result was. TLDR of my opinions in this space: the cosmos is simultaneously deterministic and probabilistic. There is no free will. Nor are all things predetermined in the sense that most people use the word.