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Even if this were true (which it’s not) it’s still better to have rights than to not have them
Even if this were true (which it’s not) it’s still better to have rights than to not have them
Yup. Determinism doesn’t actually change anything-- but it tricks people into thinking it does by giving them permission to remove all meaning from the world. You can accomplish the same thing by believing in nihilism.
Plus, if I’m wrong it doesn’t really matter and I never could have been right at this point in my life anyway.
It’s kind of like the free will version of Pascal’s Wager, amazing
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on a scale that’s grand enough to make the proverbial apple fall upward
Not necessarily. An apple teetering on the edge of a cliff requires no grand change in initial conditions to have two very different journeys. If “you” are a metaphysical entity capable of altering the signals in your physical brain, your brain could deterministically amplify and enact your will, like gravity does to the apple on the cliff. If you have a metaphysical existence, this is a pretty reasonable mechanism for it to work.
Why do people always stop one step too short?
If there is no free will, the concepts of justice, blame, etc. still survive funtionally intact. If “chemical you” commits a crime, “you” are only not responsible if “you” is a metaphysical entity separate from (and that cannot control) the chemical you. But there’s no evidence that “you” aren’t simply the “chemical you”, and therefore fully responsible for your crimes. If “you” are a metaphysical entity separate from the chemical you, then “you” do actually have free will.
This is only not true if the metaphysical you exists but cannot control the chemical you, which seems reasonable but like… you can move your arm right now, by willing it to be so. Either metaphysical you has free will, or your conscious experience is the chemical you. Either way, your conscious experience is either the same as or commands your physical form, and therefore is responsible for the actions that you take, and can be blamed and given justice.
WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETERRRRRRR
Better than not doing it at all
I thought Linus didn’t come up with the name Linux
I mean his name is “Dr. Disrespect”, they pretty much got what they were there for
Enemy strong weak same time
I was about to post this exact comic lmao
Of course
You can also just… empty the bags manually. Without buying the super expensive machine.
I find that this is best explained by the four types of documentation theory. Often when you’re starting out, you need a tutorial or how-to guide (or even just an overview of what the purpose and design language of the API is), rather than a reference, which is what nearly all API documentation is.
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Johnny Cash has some amazing lyrics
Not my favorite, but it came to mind: “…live the dream with a time machine, you’ve been waiting forever. But you can make ever wait for you.” (Time Machine by Miracle Musical)
My actual favorite is probably “Often I am upset, that I cannot fall in love but I guess, this avoids the stress of falling out of it.” (This is Home by Cavetown)
Love this game!