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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Resolve all paradoxes with this one simple trick. Philosophers hate it.

This is like saying you can't beat me at chess because I have the free will to change the rules as I go. Or that Theseus has the free will to decide it's just the same ship.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Has someone been reading Robert Sapolsky?

[–] alias_qr_rainmaker@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

who?

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

A contemporary neuroscientist who's written many books. He writes books for the general population about the modern scientific understanding of the brain and often dips into the philosophy of free will as it pertains to the science.

[–] alias_qr_rainmaker@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

sounds like it's right up my alley! i'll add him to my reading list