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From: shankar@netcom.com (Shankar Ramakrishnan)
Subject: Re: Free Will
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Free will and qualia are reciprocals of each other. Denying one implies
denying the other. The old adage, "As you sow, so shall you reap" comes
to my mind. "Sow" = free will, "reap" = qualia. If humans don't have
free will, they consequently don't have to fear for their actions from
the ethical point of view (but from the purely survivalistic point of view,
yes).

Shankar

