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The problem with super determinism isn't contradiction it's the absurdity of the conclusions. Every action, every thought, every motion of the atom is complete
by voxl 7y ago
The problem with super determinism isn't contradiction it's the absurdity of the conclusions.
Every action, every thought, every motion of the atom is completely predetermined. Okay, fine, but then my deliberation on what to do next is also predetermined. But here I am recognizing that it is, so couldn't I just neglect the computation I do in my head if I really believed my next actions were predetermined?
This isn't hypothetical, I'm here, speaking to you, right now, about how if I believed in super determinism I don't need to deliberate on any future actions. You might say: Well you're going to anyway if it's determined and not if it's not determined. And so we are in an absurdity. My deliberation about my own determination is already determined and regardless of if it's determined that I stop deliberating or determined that I continue deliberating.
This just doesn't jive with observational experience. Not say that determinism isn't still sensible, but super determinism is not sensible, in my opinion, it would seem to me that the future is not fully predetermined, but that doesn't say anything about me being able to choose possible futures, just that my brain, as a computational mechanism, has to consider the possible futures because they are, you know, possible!