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I find this quite similar to the issue of free will: If we live in a generally deterministic universe, where is the space for independent decisions of individua
by bakuninsbart 3y ago
I find this quite similar to the issue of free will: If we live in a generally deterministic universe, where is the space for independent decisions of individuals? Was every single decision we take already predetermined before we were born? A lot of ink has been spent on this topic, and as far as I know, only a small minority of people actually deny free will. One assumption I have is to why is because it absolutely sucks from an emotional point of view, and it is a terrible idea to base fe. a justice system on.
- b33j0r 3y agoMaybe it makes me weird, but the idea of being determined, but still having to follow those emotional and cognitive tasks to moral conclusions is some kind of “work” we still have to do, to get good outcomes. That’s still the hole in my theory of consciousness. I admit it ;) But it doesn’t give me as much cognitive dissonance as others to believe that the process of performing moral actions still has to be “processed” by me, a processor. In some sense.
- tcoff91 3y agoMy understanding of how physics works is that due to the probabilistic nature of quantum physics, you can’t predict the future perfectly. So your decisions were not pre-ordained even though they were the result of physical processes happening in your brain.