• ɔiƚoxɘup@sh.itjust.works
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    2 hours ago

    Sometimes I wonder if it wouldn’t be better to be in the meat grinder. It would imbue concrete purpose. Head first though. That’d be nicer.

  • AnDoLiN@lemmy.zip
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    5 hours ago

    The idea of free will is just a tool of tyranny. That’s the excuse they can use to persecute everyone who doesn’t “choose” to do the “right” thing. What the “right” thing is depends entirely on the cultural sensibilities of the time.

    Do you have insomnia or do you just “choose” to be lazy.

    Are you an alcoholic or do you just “choose” to drink.

    Do you genuinely enjoy exercise or do you “choose” to do it?

    Do you just value family or do you “choose” to prioritize it.

    You will always do the best damn thing that’s available to you and arbitrarily it’s either vice or virtue.

    There but for the grace of god go I.

    • NoWay@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      Even if free will is an illusion, its best to teach it. Otherwise you’ll have people going its not my fault I killed my father. I was prophesied to do so.

      • fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip
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        5 hours ago

        i need to actually give that one an honest chance. i only ever tried it when it was new in front of my wee one. who’s now a teenager.

        i haven’t beaten a mainline mario since i lost my memory card in the middle of sunshine! 😭 i was about as old as my kid is now!

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Does a poor person have the same free will as a rich person?

    Does a rat trapped in a maze have free will?

    Does a veal calf have free will?

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      6 hours ago

      Freedom no, that’s not a binary state.

      Free will? Yes. They have the capacity to react to their environment. The veal cow’s sadness and suffering are evidence of the free will to react.