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To: HayekRocks

Your concept of time is the problem, not the notion of free will.


374 posted on 09/01/2006 10:05:51 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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To: MHGinTN
My concept of time is just the ordinary, everyday one. If you have an extraordinary alternative, you probably need convincing reasons why we should prefer it.

By the way, I claim no originality for my argument. People hae been arguing this for 2500 years. An omniscient entity is pretty much incompatible wih the human self-image as free actors. If I ask you to pick a card from a deck, you do it, and it turns out I've written down which card it was - and assuming it isn't a trick - wouldn't you assume I'd someohow rigged for you to choose that card?

377 posted on 09/01/2006 10:17:48 PM PDT by HayekRocks
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