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The thing that interests me about the “free will” debate, or “debate”, is A) how poorly and incoherently it fares as an explanation, B) the way the rhetorical justifications come off more like the tactics of an […]

philrimmer at #117:   I believe conscious experiences are of the same nature as all illusions.   I, with the greatest respect, think you’ve confused the issue here. It’s true that projecting conscious e […]

#121 Thanks, Michael. I’ll be doing my usual speed reading and having someone to notice my gaps will help. My current concerns are essentially about what are the consequences of “no free will” on the formulation […]

I’ve just purchased the Christakis “Blueprint”, Michael.   Phil, I’ll be looking forward to your take on it.  In the mean time, I’ll quickly reread the book.

Sorry, Phil – both cleared now. The mods

Wow! Both open thread posts have gone into moderation. One immediately. Another retrospectively…

I’ve been saying exactly these things for the last several years and getting huge political pushback. The old oil money machine has been getting increasingly frantic of late causing me grief. Oil shills posing as […]

Whilst waiting for a post to clear moderation, I’ll throw in my counter to the idea of free will, to whit, “Constrained Will”. Whatever the cause of our actions, when we claim it as an “intention” we must always […]