Free Will

Falconer · Post by **Falconer** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:44 am

My bio prof said that if one knew all the forces in nature, one would know the future in full detail.

Jishdefish · Post by **Jishdefish** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:38 pm

Oh, uh, cool...... Zzzzzzzzzzzz... HUH, what, sorry zoned out. I get that way when I have a lecture I disagree with. Sorry.

+ Silver - Orbs + · Post by **+ Silver - Orbs +** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:08 am

I believe in free will.
"Don't live by the past, live for today and don't anticipate tomorrow" is one phrase that I almost live by.

Araki · Post by **Araki** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:37 am

I believe that yes there is a planned out path that can be predicted and understood once you know how, but I also believe that you can only do so for so far ahead as there is free will and there are points in the future where it is left up to us, those alive now, to make a choice and from point of that choice the future will go off in new direction based upon that choice. FOr example some one pointing gun at some one else the have 2 choices a) shoot guy and just he goes on, or b) put gun up and both go on with life... may be not best example but shows my point.

Glenn · Post by **Glenn** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:42 am

But if you knew everything about the person who had the gun, then it could have been possible to know what he would do. If you knew that he was a nice guy and that he would never kill anyone then you would know that he would not shoot the other guy.

But we are pretty far away from understanding how the brain works, so beeing able to predict completely how it will work is something we won't be able to do for a very long time.

Corva · Post by **Corva** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:37 pm

But the guy with the gun could just decide to shoot someone. It does happen.

wut2say · Post by **wut2say** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:39 pm

if he was a nice person, it would be against his frame of mind and shooting someone would either, cause him to break down, or else go insane and shoot more people.....

Corva · Post by **Corva** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:41 pm

You seem to be posting on threads right after I have.

wut2say · Post by **wut2say** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:42 pm

i'm stalking you, very bored and nothing to do. you say something and i can respond........ sorry about that...

Corva · Post by **Corva** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:45 pm

It is. I'm getting nowhere on this forum because there is always a thread for me to respond to in the general section.

wut2say · Post by **wut2say** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:47 pm

well, then look at the name, if it's mine, then ignore it.....for a little while. i may have actually said something of importance, but it can wait.... and once you've caught yourself up. then read what i said....

will that be better?

Corva · Post by **Corva** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:50 pm

Maybe. I havn't been to the RP forum yet. Reply there on the Eternal Twilight RP.

wut2say · Post by **wut2say** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:52 pm

already been there though, and i dont want to double post.......oh well.

Corva · Post by **Corva** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:54 pm

I've posted and need you to post.

wut2say · Post by **wut2say** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:57 pm

we're getting off topic......i posted.......back onto the topic.

personally i believe in free will, to a point.

i'm christian, so i believe in God, by my own free will. If we didnt have free will then we wouldnt be able to choose if we believed in God or not, we either would or woudnt.

even if our parents forced us to go to church, or never took us there to begin with, we could still go or not go, when we got older.

Corva · Post by **Corva** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:06 pm

If free will didn't exist, we would be mindless slaves.

wut2say · Post by **wut2say** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:07 pm

to put it in simple terms (ones that should have been my first thoughts, i must have been thinking for once) yes, exactly

Akira · Post by **Akira** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:08 pm

i believe in free will for reasons like what wut2say said. We all have choices in life that our own and nobody elses to make for us.

wut2say · Post by **wut2say** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:09 pm

yes, there may be some things that we cant choose, the things the government has implanted into our head at birth, but for the most part we choose our lives.

Corva · Post by **Corva** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:09 pm

I have the free will to spend my time anserwing threads like crazy.

wut2say · Post by **wut2say** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:11 pm

hey, that's what free time is all about....