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I don't have a problem with physics, I just think that applying this level of determinism to human interactions is useless. And as I said, if you have completel
by aptwebapps 14y ago
I don't have a problem with physics, I just think that applying this level of determinism to human interactions is useless. And as I said, if you have completely internalized that yourself, how is it that you are question other people's behavior? It is, after all, predetermined.
To put it another way, it's like trying to fix a watch with a shotgun. And as long as you would like to keep the watch, I'd say save the shotgun for other uses.
Pure determinism is fun to play with, and you can believe that it is the ultimate answer, but it has no real use here and now.
This is separate to my main point, but I like this quote from E. F. Schumacher: "Relativism and positivism, of course, are purely metaphysical doctrines with the peculiar and ironical distinction that they deny the validity of all metaphysics. including themselves."
- confluence 14y agoI never said absolute determinism (notice the randomness in the line). You took down a straw man.
- aptwebapps 14y agoYou didn't have it in the previous post in which you said this: "Finally, physics eliminates the case for free will. So yes - you do what you do because you were set up to do it." Also, for the purposes of my argument randomness doesn't really matter, anyway. It's whether you exclude free will or not.