"Personally, I don't believe in free will. Causality is absolute. Many people have a hard time thinking about their mind as being a part of the universe/system. They see it as if the mind is outside, looking in. But IMO there is no…"
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HOW WE CHOOSE
Started this discussion. Last reply by Michael Appleman Sep 23, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes
The topic of "free will" is basically how we chose. After pursuing this forever here is a brief summary of hundreds articles, studies and a cogillion hours of thought.Science has strongly suggested…Continue
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Jerry Telle replied to Think Atheist's discussion 'New contest!: Win a copy of Dr. Stephen Law's Believing Bullshit!'"I must have missed something -- a phrase about what?"
Jerry Telle replied to Morgan Matthew's discussion 'A new clean and fresh design is in the works for TA'"I thought it was great before!! Thanks for looking ahead. Jerry"
Jerry Telle commented on Nelson's blog post 'Sunday School JUN 5, 2011'"Concerning free, will I still don't think (wo)man could have evolved from rock throwing to defining space and time as functions of each other without some kind of not yet operationalized/defined mind function apart from determinism as it is now…"
Jerry Telle commented on Nelson's blog post 'Sunday School JUN 5, 2011'"Concerning free, will I still don't think (wo)man could have evolved from rock throwing to defining space and time as functions of each other without some kind of not yet operationalized/defined mind function apart from determinism as it is now…"
Jerry Telle replied to Tha Lord's discussion 'The Toxicity of Fear: How Ignorance Poisons Everything'"I believe you pretty much have captured the essence of fear. My concern is still terrorism. If al-Qaida had been able to sabotage 3-4 more airplanes after 9-11 -- as in stinger missiles -- the country would have shut down -- according to some?…"
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The topic of "free will" is basically how we chose. After pursuing this forever here is a brief summary of hundreds articles, studies and a cogillion hours of thought.Science has strongly suggested that every organism goes through an implicit "decision?" process whenever a non automated/habitual circumstance is stimulated.That is the Organism conjures up the most likely options to the stimulus, apparently predicts which will bring the greatest reward and selects that one. After that behavior…See More
Jerry Telle replied to Christopher McGuire's discussion 'My new favorite argument'"Hi Rick. Your breath taking discourse hangs on the lexical cliff if ignominality. How do these philosophers deal with non symbolic (words) conscious thought/beliefs?
the confirmed ignorant----- "
Jerry Telle replied to Christopher McGuire's discussion 'My new favorite argument'"Not bad Chris. I'm a bit of a more basic thinker than you. To me we are only free to the extent we are aware. As for the matter of free will vs determinism -- what is important is not if there is "free will" or not but that we believe…"
Jerry Telle replied to Christopher McGuire's discussion 'My new favorite argument'"When I was about 10 years old the Methodist ministers sermon was "why does god allow the horrible events that happen?" His answer was, "because if god disallowed the evil that man does -- it would be at the cost of mans free…"
Jerry Telle replied to Robert Karp's discussion 'Bow Your Head? Close Your Eyes? How to act when saying grace 101.'"Everyone I know -- knows my beliefs. If holding hands is part of their saying grace tradition I do that and even say "thank you" as everyone else says "amen." I went to a funeral for my father-in-law some years ago and…"
Jerry Telle replied to Jason Lamar Sorensen's discussion '"The Greatest Show on Earth" - Discussion 1 (Preface & Chp 1)' in the group Read Atheist"Hi Chris,
He was an engineer really and worked on the Mars and Moon rovers. He was not really great at math but better than I and he was real creative. You're right about including all systemitized deified systems. His advice came…"
Jerry Telle commented on Steph's blog post 'Did you hear something?'"5. While I do have a great sense of humour, I will NOT be laughing about the baldness, DAMMIT!!!
SHAVE YOUR HEAD AND GET A FLIPPIN' WIG -- YOU'RE GORGEOUS"
Jerry Telle replied to Tha Lord's discussion 'The Toxicity of Fear: How Ignorance Poisons Everything'"How does that old saying go (in short) -- change what you you can and forget the rest? There is much Psychological research strongly suggesting the value of this.
"When people use the self-regulatory strategy of mental contrasting…"
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- I tell my spate of disillusioned friends I'm a "confirmed ignorant" -- which in the guise of open mindedness -- is somewhat true.
I liked your essay on the historical value of the bible and find that if god can part the seas there is just as much likelihood of one eyed and 6 headed monsters.
In reality I find that the fact that 95% of Americans believe in some diety to be proof positive that only 5% of any given (adult?) population are open minded thinkers.
I like deep and spirited discussions. The truth is I like a good confrontation as well as scholarly debates.
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