[ExI] Humans losing freewill

[William Flynn Wallace]

I just want to know what the hell the term means.  John

John K Clark ​

On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 11:44 AM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dave Sill <sparge at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>  Unless someone holding a gun to your head and making you use technology,
>> free will isn't at play.
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> ​Even if somebody *is* holding a gun to your head and tells you to pick X
> and not Y ​and you do indeed pick X you have done so because under those
> circumstances you wanted to pick X.  Yes, if the circumstances were
> different, like not having a gun to your head, you might have wanted to do
> something else, but they weren't so you didn't.
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> William Flynn Wallace foozler83 at gmail.com
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>> ​> ​
>> What does technology have to do with free will?
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>
> ​Nothing, and it's not just technology. Until somebody coherently explains
> what ​"free will" means it has nothing to do with anything.
>
> ​I'm not asking for anything as ambitious as a proof the humans have (or
> haven't) free will, I just want to know what the hell the term means.
>
> John K Clark ​
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