[ExI] Free will was: Everett worlds

[William Flynn Wallace]

I don't much care because this is just an argument over the meanings of
words, it has no philosophical substance.

John K Clark

That is the most laugh out loud funny thing I have ever  read in this
group, and the most wrong.   There is nothing more important than the
definition of words, because without precise ones we cannot communicate.
No science.  No novels.  No "What's for breakfast?"

C'mon John, take it seriously.   bill w

On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 10:00 AM John Clark via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 10:03 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>  >> There is nothing mystical about a "decision", it was either made for
>>> a reason in which case we call it a rational decision, or it was made
>>> for no reason in which case we call it a irrational decision.  John
>>
>>
>
> *> Please define 'reason'.  *
>>
>
> Please define "define".
>
>
>> > You certainly cannot mean without a cause,
>>
>
> You are correct I don't mean that. Doing something without a reason,
> without a cause, would be unreasonable. It would be random.
>
>
>> > It also depends on what you call a 'decision'.
>>
>
> You're asking the wrong person, I generally don't use the word "decision"
> in philosophical conversations, it's just not very useful in that context.
> I will say there was either a reason you made the decision you did, or
> there was not a reason for you making the decision you did. You may have
> made the wrong decision because you had incorrect information, but it was
> still made for a reason so you could say it was still rational, but if you
> made the decision for no reason at all then it was irrational.
>
>
>> > *Is a reflex drawing away from a fire a decision?  Are
>> autonomic functions decisions?  I reckon not. You? *
>>
>
> I don't much care because this is just an argument over the meanings of
> words, it has no philosophical substance.
>
> John K Clark
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