The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 9 months agoSmall talk is an essential skilllemmy.worldimagemessage-square254fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agobut seriously free will does not exist.
minus-squareSabre363@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoBut I saw him jump over those rocks in the movie, Free Willy has to exist!
minus-squarewizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoIs there any meaningful difference if it’s an illusion? We experience existence as if it does exist.
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoI think it makes the most difference in how we treat crime and punishment. If you accept that there is no free will, then the concept of punitive sentences is unhelpful at best, or barbaric at worst.
but seriously free will does not exist.
But I saw him jump over those rocks in the movie, Free Willy has to exist!
Is there any meaningful difference if it’s an illusion? We experience existence as if it does exist.
I think it makes the most difference in how we treat crime and punishment. If you accept that there is no free will, then the concept of punitive sentences is unhelpful at best, or barbaric at worst.