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From: rdb@ktibv.uucp (The Graphical Gnome)
Subject: Re: What is Free Will????
Message-ID: <1994Oct5.080230.18469@ktibv.uucp>
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Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 08:02:30 GMT
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elibalin@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Eli Balin) writes:

>In article <36r3os$b31@whitbeck.ncl.ac.uk>,
>Lawrence Campbell  <Lawrence.Campbell@ncl.ac.uk> wrote:
>>Eli Balin (elibalin@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu) wrote:
>>> In article <36cb9a$6cv@whitbeck.ncl.ac.uk>,
>>> Lawrence Campbell  <Lawrence.Campbell@ncl.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >I don't think the illusion of free will is the same thing as the
>>> >reality! And yes it does seem that people like the illusion.
>>
>>> How can you tell the difference?
>>
>>There is no difference, because free will doesn't exist...

>I'm not sure you've presented quite enough evidence to show this.  
>Perhaps you believe the above because you personally do not think you 
>have been able to excercise any amount of free will.   Granted, our 
>behavior is influenced a wide variety of outside factors, but our actions 
>are undeniably our own.  

>Please do not impress your personal sense of hopelessness on the rest of us.

I don't no. I kind of agree with him. 
It is possible that you are right. It's also possible that with this
lines he is refereing to Dawkings. We have no free will, but are
controlled by our genes.

just me fl 0.036

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    R.E. den Braasem 
    aka The Graphical Gnome (rdb@ktibv.nl) 
