I tried this to see if the argument follows. I pretend I have a completely deterministically simulated universe with one entity (person A) speaking in this way to another (person B).
Person A says "We should only believe the truth". I say to myself "it makes sense that this person's synapses make him say this; societies that flourished were ones based on trust and trust comes from a history of honesty with each other and oneself".
Person A then says "Whatever you (person B) should do is something you can do". Person A's synapses may have been motivated to say such a thing because societies that flourished held people responsible for what they did. They did not overthink one's ability to actually dictate their future which I know to be false. This statement by person A is therefore false.
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Reply to comment by rejectednocomments in A Proof of Free Will by philosopher Michael Huemer (University of Colorado, Boulder) by thenousman
I tried this to see if the argument follows. I pretend I have a completely deterministically simulated universe with one entity (person A) speaking in this way to another (person B).
Person A says "We should only believe the truth". I say to myself "it makes sense that this person's synapses make him say this; societies that flourished were ones based on trust and trust comes from a history of honesty with each other and oneself".
Person A then says "Whatever you (person B) should do is something you can do". Person A's synapses may have been motivated to say such a thing because societies that flourished held people responsible for what they did. They did not overthink one's ability to actually dictate their future which I know to be false. This statement by person A is therefore false.