Post AYxnGOSwsuJ8IvX8XQ by colo_lee@zirk.us
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(DIR) Post #AYxmkopbK71AoB4a0W by RickiTarr@beige.party
2023-08-21T17:56:13Z
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Philosophical Question Time!Can predestination and free will coexist?
(DIR) Post #AYxmkpwNCQ1sFTFVCa by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-08-21T18:08:26Z
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@RickiTarr Nihilist pseudo-contrarian position: - There is no predestination- There is no free willJust complex chemical reactions.Our brains are a duct-taped patchwork of contradictory impulses and the universe is on a trajectory of total annihilation in... a few billion billion years.Enjoy the ride while you can, and remember that J.R. Bob Dobbs sells salvation and eternal life, or triple your money back!
(DIR) Post #AYxmkrCMWSPg9LjmlM by RickiTarr@beige.party
2023-08-21T17:57:23Z
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We won't all agree and that's totally cool, but please no calling other people's opinions stupid or silly. It's not that big of a deal.
(DIR) Post #AYxnGOSwsuJ8IvX8XQ by colo_lee@zirk.us
2023-08-21T18:14:06Z
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@ParadeGrotesque @RickiTarr Exactly. And not particularly nihilistic, just conforming with observed reality ...
(DIR) Post #AYxnQGDWPNbhcJ1SSW by mycotropic@geekdom.social
2023-08-21T18:15:50Z
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@ParadeGrotesque @RickiTarr hell of a nice pipe too!
(DIR) Post #AYxnhQDeTRvBYpGaNk by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-08-21T18:19:00Z
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@colo_lee @RickiTarr Yes, but WHAT observed reality, precisely?Your reality, mine, the reality of a 5 year old in Bangladesh?For good measure, what does 'observation" means? Quantum mechanics states that the simple act of observing is enough to collapse some probabilities.Robert Anton Wilson (may he rest in peace away from this valley of tears) made a whole career out of that "reality tunnel".And breaking out of it is the hardest thing you can accomplish while you are still among us.
(DIR) Post #AYxno8XYbP1Wl1mMAC by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-08-21T18:20:13Z
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@mycotropic The better to smoke frop with!@RickiTarr