dimreepr

There's a reasonable argument that Sysyphus was actrually in heaven. +1 for the post. But you don't have to kill anyone to achieve it.

This is the matrix argument, humans inate sense of freedom would reject utopia on principal... Not a very convincing argument, because when we take a poll; '8 out of 10 cat's' would prefer to be eating dinner, than fighting a war... The other 2 cats can fight amongst themselves... 😉

I think you might be suffering from the same delusions/difficulty in understanding his meaning, that Hitler did. He was searching for a believable replacement for our God's, not our fear... 🙄 LOL, snap...🤣

When I read this my iron-e-meter went pop and took out my computer for 3 days; which gave me pause for thought. What's the point of asking a question? bc free will seems to be a synonym for I'm right. Yes it does, but it doesn't understand the question...

I have, let me know when you start... 😇

We have to learn, somehow...

It's exactly this sort of specious diatribe/noise that Stalin, Hitler, Trump et al, rely on to drown out reasonable discourse and promote ever harder conditions for 'them', because they bloody deserve it, obviously. There's a reason it's an ultra consevative way of thinking, they have what they think they want*; their limited 'free will' has been channeled into believing there's only two choices, us or them; it's only then that the answer is obvious. Imagine the benefits of everyone understanding (more or less) that... * Their not free to think they know what they want. I would be happy to clarify my OP or subsequent posts, but what I've been asked to do, in this case, is explain something we don't yet fully understand 'a definition of free will'. Besides, what personal attacks?

What's the point, it's got nothing to do with the question I've asked..

Not at all, I just want a reasonable conversation about the question asked...

That's such a cop out; are you sure you're not criminally insane???

Nope, but you haven't asked for clarification...

That's a rather strange request for a hypothetical question, for instance, if I asked "What are the benefits of understanding the universe (TOE)?" you wouldn't, surely, ask me to explain how I would solve the gravity issue. But if you insist, my definition of free will is, it sounds almost exactly the same as an orange tastes when you look at a red triangle... It's kinda like the argument by gun owner's "my guns could never hurt me or mine, bc I keep them locked and I'm responcible in how I teach my children" But you never know bc "from time to time we all get sad" - Jim Jefferies Geez, another neg (without explaination) to a perfectly reasonable statement; FYI that's like a double plus for me, thanks...

Still off topic, perhaps start a topic in the politics section; oops forgot, he's not listening to me.

In this thread the assumption is that we already have an agreed definition, the question here is what next?

I'd do things differently next time...

No, bc there's an awful lot of correlation involved in being you. If we ran the universe back to the BB, and then let things play out again, there's a bloody good chance you wouldn't be able too...

Ohh FFS!!!

Well, I started this thread with the premise that we understand free will well enough to be able to make use of that knowledge (a thought experiment). In the OP I presented 'one' possible route. And, basically, ever since I've been batting off either, "but we don't understand free will", or "we already understand free will well enough thank you"... Only one person in this entire thread that has legitimately answered the OP is @Eise, so forgive me if I call for legitimate arguments only please... It is my topic... 😣

Ohh, do tell???

Are you ever going to actually present a relevant argument? Shit or get off the pot, pretty please... 🙏 I love dogging too... 😇 A neg, lol, I guess someone doesn't get the joke... 🙄

Nope, this is what you get when you can't defend your position, or even answer direct questions; if you want my name and address just DM me... 😉 You can block me if you want but you're only hindering your own 'loophole to understanding', not bc of my outstanding teaching ability, but bc you don't listen to reasoned arguments.

And? That sounds awfully familiar, slaves weren't considered sentient either; so we're back to simple fear over justice. It's a strange position that you're failing to support; machines can never be conscious, so let's waist our time legislating against that possibility... 😣 There are no shortcuts or loophole's to understanding, you need rigor; adding an 'ism' to a word without understanding it, just creates a schism... 😉

Some can. The strory depends on who we want to impress. It all depends on one's shoe's and who gets to walk in them...

That's the fundamental problem, it's impossible to know where to start. So it has no place in the question.