MaxTheAlmighty t1_itoue10 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 5:42 AM

Reply to comment by SovArya in /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | October 24, 2022 by BernardJOrtcutt

If you say "ok it's time for confession, i am the Person that manipualted SovArya all this time", you achieve free will for a few minutes.

SovArya t1_itowwpq wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:14 AM

Interaction based on our senses causing chemicals in our brains causing us to do what we know by automatic or what's wired within us is true; then what you say is not wrong if you caused the environment or interaction prior to the moment you say you manipulated someone.

Scary as that is, it is possible and that's not wrong.

MaxTheAlmighty t1_itp4ur0 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 8:05 AM

Well, if we are mindless machines, as many people believe, why do we have a vague concept of free will?

SovArya t1_itpfnrh wrote on October 25, 2022 at 10:38 AM

A byproduct of evolution. By our ability to mix and match what we experience. I think in a way, the idea came about.

Also based on what we talk, I guess imagination of something new, not just recall; is another free will ability.