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Toraldris · -`-,-{@ Zen Nud... Buddhist @}-,-`- · Veteran
Good night sweetheart, well it's time to go!
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Re: Free will - An illusion?
@Earthninja Yep the universe is expanding, hence it was smaller. However that doesn't necessarily mean it ever got as small as scientists think it did. They extrapolated backwards using what they kne… (View Post)
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Re: Free will - An illusion?
@person Regarding a first cause, there's no reason to suppose such a thing could exist anyway. "First Cause" is a stopgap that we've placed (some of us) to stop an infinite regress, because… (View Post)
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Re: Free will - An illusion?
@ourself First Causes are another can of worms altogether! How can there be such a thing, if it itself would need to be preceded by something else causing it? We know of nothing that's an uncaused ca… (View Post)
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Re: Free will - An illusion?
Unpredictable doesn't mean without cause and condition, it means it's beyond us to nail it down specifically, much like the weather. It's our inability and ignorance; it doesn't mean true randomness … (View Post)
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Re: Free will - An illusion?
(Quote) "Random" just means we don't know. It doesn't actually mean that anything is happening apart from causes and conditions. We describe dice rolls as random too, but that doesn't mean … (View Post)3