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A cool guide to Epicurean Paradox (i.redd.it)

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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A good read on the inverse of what you're stating, namely that free will is logical:

https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/godTaoist.html

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Got to be honest, I started reading that, saw how long it was and stopped. Would you want to share the gist?

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's a long read and worth it, because it beautifully explores the theme.

But these are two quotes that summarize the main though:

God: Why, the idea that I could possibly have created you without free will [is a fallacy]! You acted as if this were a genuine possibility, and wondered why I did not choose it! It never occurred to you that a sentient being without free will is no more conceivable than a physical object which exerts no gravitational attraction. (There is, incidentally, more analogy than you realize between a physical object exerting gravitational attraction and a sentient being exerting free will!) Can you honestly even imagine a conscious being without free will? What on earth could it be like?

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Don't you see that the so-called "laws of nature" are nothing more than a description of how in fact you and other beings do act? They are merely a description of how you act, not a prescription of of how you should act, not a power or force which compels or determines your acts. To be valid a law of nature must take into account how in fact you do act, or, if you like, how you choose to act.