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I would completely agree. Our decisions are made based on previous stimuli. Our networks of neurons are altered by stimuli as we grow, this determines how we pr
by _Schizotypy 8y ago
I would completely agree. Our decisions are made based on previous stimuli. Our networks of neurons are altered by stimuli as we grow, this determines how we process later stimuli and the process repeats.
- y_molodtsov 8y agoThe thing is, this process is so complex it’s useless to talk about determinism of human actions.
- deusum 8y agoFacebook/Google/Amazon probably know your own process better than you.
- _Schizotypy 8y agoI would agree, at this point in time it isn't really possible for us to truly understand the overall system that affects how we make decisions as in. We can at least start with the basics of understanding that it exists rather than stating that we somehow have this sort of magical "free will"
- millstone 8y agoA silver atom's angular momentum is aligned based on the field in a Stern-Gerlach device. This alignment determines how these atoms react to a future magnetic field. Therefore a silver atom's angular momentum is deterministic. But it's not. A totally deterministic universe would have been a lot simpler. Why go through so much trouble?
- gpderetta 8y agoWhy there should be a why?
- whatshisface 8y agoYou don't get to know in advance which questions will pan out into answerable ones. You could answer "why should there be a why" to literally and question about why. In fact, you could have said that about the motion of the planets, right up until Newton - which shows that the category of things that can be answered like that contracts over time.
- gpderetta 8y agoThat's a how, not a why. Asking why is it worth the trouble ascribes intentionality to the universe where none is expected