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Consider: It is useful to other human organisms to install a model of free will into you and make you believe that it is a thing that you have.
by trevyn 8y ago
Consider: It is useful to other human organisms to install a model of free will into you and make you believe that it is a thing that you have.
- icebraining 8y agoIsn't doing things because they are useful a sign of free will? A rock doesn't fall from a cliff because it's useful for it to do so.
- trevyn 8y agoNo, just an indication of available degrees of freedom and evolutionary pressure. It is useful for DNA replication machinery to have error-correction capabilities, does this mean DNA replication machinery has free will?