[ExI] Bell's Inequality

Stuart LaForge avant at sollegro.com
Sun Nov 27 06:33:55 UTC 2016


Adrian Tymes wrote:
<You have the perception of your own free will.  This has two limitations:
1) You can not be certain it is not an illusion.
2) Even failing 1, you can only be certain of your own free will.  You
can not observe the free will, or lack thereof, of all outside of
yourself.>

Assuming evolution through natural selection, it seems highly unlikely
that an organism would evolve the perception of freedom of choice, without
there being any actual freedom of choice. It would seem to be a waste of
resources. Evolve a giant ass brain so that the brain can perceive itself
making choices that it isn't really making? Not very parsimonious.

No, if our choices are all illusions, our ancestors could not have
survived to produce us because there would have been no correct decisions
for them to make.

On the other hand, if you assume intelligent design, who knows, you could
be a philosophical zombie for all I know. I however know I am not. ;-P

Stuart LaForge





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