The "free-will/choice' vs 'determinism' argument is already a fallacy; a false dilemma. That they are already a fallacy, it shouldn't be shocking that there is a superior theory. The quote from Feynman at the end is the death knell of both 'free-will' and 'determinism' and their bastard children 'compatabilism and un-compatabilism! But first, a definition; "Free-will/Choice"; an egoically satisfying theory as to the meaning of a feeling/thought (ego). Get it? Whether the concept of 'free-will/choice' is anything more than an egoic delusion seems to be simply answered by 'deconstruction'. The punch line is that All is One! The Enlightened/Saved, Mystic know this experientially. Quantum physics certainly supports this. So, starting from this point, One single Universe, in perfect balance... One Truth perceived by Consciousness through infinite unique Perspectives (Souls), us. Not anything is actually moving, time is the theory to 'splain the illusion of motion, and now there are concepts of a 'self' distinct from Self with the ability to alter the entire Universe to, most often, make their own little life a bit more comfortable. After all, if you could actually 'change' anything, in the great One, you'd have to also 'change' everything! Talk about an ego trip, a God complex, no wonder people believe in 'free-will/choice'. Not to mention that everyone has the Godlike ability to alter the Universe for a Big Mac! Is this not the very definition of 'chaos'? The concept/belief does have quite the twitching support group, though. I suspect that the notion of free-will/choice is just another acquired belief virus. The symptoms of the defenders supports that theory. So, deconstructing Truth, 'free-will/choice' is impossible, other than as a notion/belief/delusion. Every moment of existence exists Now! "The Laws of Nature are not rules controlling the metamorphosis of what is, into what will be. They are descriptions of patterns that exist, all at once... " - Genius; the Life and Science of Richard Feynman All 'eternity' at once; Here! Now!!
As a secular person, I have to be careful how I phrase my response to this lecture in these politically right-wing and religiously zealous times. However, I stopped watching this lecture as soon as religious texts were used as some sort of intellectual argument about 'Free Will'. These texts are, to say the least, historically inaccurate, and have no place, in my opinion, in a secular discourse about 'Free Will', especially as it was taken as a given by the speaker, that these could add some sort of intellectual 'weight' to the argument. These texts were written and rewritten, interpreted and reinterpreted by men for the benefit of men and are an anathema to any concept of 'Free Will'.
The "free-will/choice' vs 'determinism' argument is already a fallacy; a false dilemma.
That they are already a fallacy, it shouldn't be shocking that there is a superior theory.
The quote from Feynman at the end is the death knell of both 'free-will' and 'determinism' and their bastard children 'compatabilism and un-compatabilism!
But first, a definition;
"Free-will/Choice"; an egoically satisfying theory as to the meaning of a feeling/thought (ego). Get it?
Whether the concept of 'free-will/choice' is anything more than an egoic delusion seems to be simply answered by 'deconstruction'.
The punch line is that All is One! The Enlightened/Saved, Mystic know this experientially. Quantum physics certainly supports this.
So, starting from this point, One single Universe, in perfect balance...
One Truth perceived by Consciousness through infinite unique Perspectives (Souls), us.
Not anything is actually moving, time is the theory to 'splain the illusion of motion, and now there are concepts of a 'self' distinct from Self with the ability to alter the entire Universe to, most often, make their own little life a bit more comfortable. After all, if you could actually 'change' anything, in the great One, you'd have to also 'change' everything! Talk about an ego trip, a God complex, no wonder people believe in 'free-will/choice'.
Not to mention that everyone has the Godlike ability to alter the Universe for a Big Mac!
Is this not the very definition of 'chaos'?
The concept/belief does have quite the twitching support group, though. I suspect that the notion of free-will/choice is just another acquired belief virus. The symptoms of the defenders supports that theory.
So, deconstructing Truth, 'free-will/choice' is impossible, other than as a notion/belief/delusion.
Every moment of existence exists Now!
"The Laws of Nature are not rules controlling the metamorphosis of what is, into what will be. They are descriptions of patterns that exist, all at once... " - Genius; the Life and Science of Richard Feynman
All 'eternity' at once; Here! Now!!
As a secular person, I have to be careful how I phrase my response to this lecture in these politically right-wing and religiously zealous times. However, I stopped watching this lecture as soon as religious texts were used as some sort of intellectual argument about 'Free Will'. These texts are, to say the least, historically inaccurate, and have no place, in my opinion, in a secular discourse about 'Free Will', especially as it was taken as a given by the speaker, that these could add some sort of intellectual 'weight' to the argument. These texts were written and rewritten, interpreted and reinterpreted by men for the benefit of men and are an anathema to any concept of 'Free Will'.
Not great analogy using god and pharoh, religion changes the nature of the question