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There is actually a solution to this problem similar to Pascal's Wager [0]. This is the argument. 1. If there is no free will and you believe you have free wil
by danieltillett 8y ago
There is actually a solution to this problem similar to Pascal's Wager [0]. This is the argument.
1. If there is no free will and you believe you have free will then it doesn't matter.
2. If there is free will and you believe it doesn't exist then you have wasted your life.
3. Our knowledge of the existence of free will or not is incomplete.
The end result of these three statements is no matter how unlikely free will is (all evidence suggests it doesn't exist) you must act as though free will exists since there is some finite probability that it does and you will waste your life by believing free will doesn't exist.
Does anyone know who first proposed this solution in the literature?
0. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_Wager https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_Wager