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If free will did not exist, how would you ever be able to imagine such a thing? An entity that is constrained by determinism, say a computer program, has no
by random_upvoter 8y ago
If free will did not exist, how would you ever be able to imagine such a thing?
An entity that is constrained by determinism, say a computer
program, has no room to "step outside" its own frame and imagine things running an different way.
In essence, free will and consciousness the same thing.
- Drakim 8y agoWe can imagine tons of things that don't exist. For instance I'm currently imagining a bouncy ball that instead of bouncing according to deterministic laws, bounces according to a mystic will-based system.
- chasd00 8y agoand i'm currently imagining getting work done rather than being on HN :)