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A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will
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RE: A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will
October 19, 2023 at 3:30 pm
(October 19, 2023 at 3:25 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: I don't know if it's fair to say that we just assumed it.  More that we came up with an inaccurate explanation for the content of our experience with the limited information our brain provides about the mechanism of that content.

What I said about humans assuming about free will was just a guess. Still, free will might as well be an illusion, and though we are socially and technologically advanced, we humans might as well not have more free will than any other animal in the animal kingdom, or living things altogether.
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RE: A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will - by ShinyCrystals - October 19, 2023 at 3:30 pm

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