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[–] 1 point 10 months ago (5 children)

I think if somebody truly understood this, they would just quit fighting. What would be the point?

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Exactly the problem. It’s very easy to fall into doing nothing, and the question of whether that would be a problem if I actually still believed in free will, or at least didn’t actively disbelieve it, is a big one.. that knowledge or belief is now part of my operating system, a core feature of who I am that impacts the choices I don’t think I actually get to make. One of the known variables that influences behavior.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    I don't think that "not fighting" is the same as doing nothing. Like I said, if somebody could truly understand this, there would be no reason to fight, not no reason to act. They would simply think and then act.

    I've heard a kind of enlightenment described this way. Some people have claimed to attain it. It may not be possible in a pure state, but perhaps you can get close to it by degrees.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (2 children)

    Life, joy, friends, love, art, pleasure, dopamine, oxytocin, etc.

    Anything we're doing now can still be done without the concept of free will, because we're already doing it without free will.

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