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linearmodality t1_j4nvw4h wrote

This article seems incomplete. It does not reference us to any instances of anyone using the "Little Gods" argument except for Sam Harris, and in that case there's no indication of where specifically Harris uses it. It's unclear which versions of free will this argument is valid against. It's not stated how this argument relates to other arguments against free will, or what the counter-arguments might be. It's not even clear where the term "Little Gods Argument" comes from – is it just an invention of the author of this piece, or is it a categorization of arguments that was advanced by some prior work? The overall categorization seems very interesting, but there's nothing in this article that suggests that we're looking at anything more than a single poorly constructed argument vaguely alluded to once by Sam Harris.

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