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minus-squarethirteene@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoWhy do we need to bother executing it then? Choice has no value if agency to exercise it is revoked at any stage.
minus-squaretheoretiker@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoNot executing it would also be predetermined. The only thing you can do is pretend to choose.
minus-squareRain World: Slugcat Game@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agothat thought affects your brain, and therefore the future! :D
minus-squaretheoretiker@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agoBut you didn’t choose to have the thought did you? Quick think of a city and then explain to me why you didn’t pick Cairo
minus-squareRain World: Slugcat Game@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agospeaking of brains, mine just exploded! btw the text before the spoiler doesn’t show up on jerboa
minus-squareRain World: Slugcat Game@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoif we don’t, then the predetermined outcome won’t happen!
Why do we need to bother executing it then? Choice has no value if agency to exercise it is revoked at any stage.
Not executing it would also be predetermined. The only thing you can do is pretend to choose.
that thought affects your brain, and therefore the future! :D
But you didn’t choose to have the thought did you?
Quick think of a city and then explain to me why you didn’t pick Cairo
speaking of brains, mine just exploded!
btw the text before the spoiler doesn’t show up on jerboa
if we don’t, then the predetermined outcome won’t happen!