2012-04-27, 02:07 AM
I think the two things are just different points of view.
free will states that we are in control of our actions.
determinism states that all of our actions are beyond your control.
however since we cannot see past our own actions it's all bullshit and doesn't really matter at the end of the day. or rather the matrix summed it up best.
The Oracle: We can never see past the choices we don't understand.
Neo: Are you saying I have to choose whether Trinity lives or dies?
The Oracle: No, you've already made the choice. Now you have to understand it.
all in all it's quite obvious there is no free will but since we cannot see the future (and even if we did it was predetermined that we would therefore we're not seeing the actual future) it doesn't matter.
now then enjoy the paradoxical loops that eventually follow.
free will states that we are in control of our actions.
determinism states that all of our actions are beyond your control.
however since we cannot see past our own actions it's all bullshit and doesn't really matter at the end of the day. or rather the matrix summed it up best.
The Oracle: We can never see past the choices we don't understand.
Neo: Are you saying I have to choose whether Trinity lives or dies?
The Oracle: No, you've already made the choice. Now you have to understand it.
all in all it's quite obvious there is no free will but since we cannot see the future (and even if we did it was predetermined that we would therefore we're not seeing the actual future) it doesn't matter.
now then enjoy the paradoxical loops that eventually follow.