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Someone who hates oranges might still, on rare occasion, pick one. Maybe they’re having a bad day, misunderstood the instruction, or wanted to turn their life a
by jl6 2y ago
Someone who hates oranges might still, on rare occasion, pick one. Maybe they’re having a bad day, misunderstood the instruction, or wanted to turn their life around starting now. We might make decisions with high likelihood but it’s a qualitative leap to go from 99.999999% to 100%.
- ben_w 2y agoIf there's a reason for it, that's still deterministic; if there is no reason for it, that's still random.
- Retric 2y agoThere’s always more context to a choice than a simple question, but we aren’t limited to vague questions. What you ate for breakfast January 3, 2024 could be what you always eat with those memories, that body, those resources etc. So saying yes once could very well mean you would say yes 100% in exactly that context without meaning you would always say yes in similar but not identical situations. On the other hand if it’s random in identical contexts then it’s just random not free will.