Unlike too many posts that I’ve seen in the past couple of years, there’s actually a good article on the idea of free will over at the Richard Dawkins Foundation site right now. Zeuglodon does a pretty good job of hashing out the various aspects of it, though I will admit you have to [...]
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Some time back I talked about the power of tradition, and why it even has this power. Now, as I approach a topic that’s been stewing in my head for a while, I recognize that this same power is one of the things that seems to be working directly against our understanding and use [...] March 31st, 2011 | Tags: determinism, free will | Category: Critical Thinking, Reference |
 2 comments - (Comments are closed)Anyone who has ever spent time in a discussion about religion and lack thereof, or even about the value of the scientific approach, has come up against the argument of “meaning.” “But if we live in a random, uncaused universe,” comes the plaintive cry, “then life has no meaning.” This is a curious statement. [...] July 24th, 2010 | Tags: bullshit, determinism, hedonism, life the universe and everything, meaning, nihilism, philosophy, predestination, purpose | Category: Critical Thinking, Rants, Reference |
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