Fri 12 Jun, 2009 09:00 am - "...I do believe that we can each choose a direction - i.e. navigate, either this way or that. We will be met by outside forces whichever direction we choose to, but each direction provides a... (view)
Fri 12 Jun, 2009 08:00 am - "Free will is an illusion"
yes, krumple, it is
but the phenomenon it placeholds for is not
'free will' (the power of making choices unrestrained by external, or... (view)
Fri 12 Jun, 2009 07:47 am - "Freedom and rights are natural to people..."
how do you arrive at this?
how are 'freedom' and 'rights' natural?
"...and grow out of their families and... (view)
Thu 11 Jun, 2009 09:52 am - as i see it: there are no 'rights' other than what one claims and defends for one's self
if someone else grants 'right' then it's simple privilege
example: my... (view)
Wed 10 Jun, 2009 07:47 am - "When you say "I", who is saying it?"
some folks lump the 'I' in the same category as 'free will': illusory
i, on the other hand, see the 'I'... (view)
Tue 9 Jun, 2009 01:54 pm - part of the problem -- for you, evf -- is a question like this: "where's the evidence that my brain has any control over itself any real choice in its controlling?"
the problem... (view)
Tue 9 Jun, 2009 10:24 am - evf wrote, in part: "The fact I 'make decisions' does not imply I have a choice over the decision I make. As far as I'm concerned it's basically just controlled by the... (view)
Mon 8 Jun, 2009 09:14 am - as i wrote over in the 'how would you choose which 'existential imperative' to adopt?' thread...
what my experience tells me: 'I' -- as a discrete, autonomous,... (view)
