[ExI] [Extropolis] brainwashing

[William Flynn Wallace]

Who?  Me?  Define free will?  Why not? I'll point my magic wand at myself
and Zap! I'm a philosopher. I don't think that anyone can show that one
definition is any better than another.  But here goes:

Except in the case of reflexes, over which we have little control (we can
keep our eyes open while sneezing, but it's kind of hard), we have a choice
of responses to stimuli.  It is not necessarily the strongest (most
probable) response that gets put into action.  We can inhibit that one in
favor of a lesser response or no response. Another way of saying that is
that we have a choice.  Another way is that we have self-control.

That is not, of course, a formal definition  (only have one cup of coffee
going to my brain), but OK, have it John!   bill w

On Sat, Aug 19, 2023 at 7:29 AM John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 11:49 AM William Flynn Wallace <
> foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Free will is a powerful thing.
>
>
> Tell me what "free will" means and I'll tell you if I agree with you or
> not.
>
> John K Clark
>
>
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