Sorry, you lost me...If he is travelling faster than c he would answer your question before you even asked it.
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Sorry, you lost me...If he is travelling faster than c he would answer your question before you even asked it.
Wikipedia is being very general; nevertheless, there is no reference to 'causes'
That's a bit vague: "...yet there is only one"what? One path? One path what? One path taken? One path chosen? One path available? One path possible?
Even if there is only one path possible, if you think there is more than one, you are still choosing.
True, but then as I mentioned, I agree with your position that we do have some amount free will. I would say that there's also some amount of 'predestination' related to when and where we're born, the values we're taught as children, etc.
Possibly, but that doesn't mean we aren't "predisposed" or set upon a predestined path of some sort.
Explain. Influence can still leave options, therefore God has not chosen as you claim.
Please, before you go repeating your tired, refuted claim take time to think. If I make a choice, can you change that choice? If so, how? If not, why not? Let's take an example - I choose a yellow ball. Can you now make my choice the green ball?
In which case --that you are a slave, or that it has been planned? You will always do what you want, even when you don't think you want to, you do what for that moment you want to do.In which case there is no free will.
How do you explain that you choosing as caused by influences, as you claim is done without God arranging for your choice, is a different sort of thing if God does arrange those causes?But if the choice has already been made, then it's not my choice, is it? So whatever was driving that choice, it wasn't up to me in any way.
Failed analogy. You will choose one of the three doors, fake or not. If you get the only real door, you may choose to go through it, but the fact two are fake does not negate you choosing one of the three.Only one path in existence. If there was a room with three doors, but two of them were fake doors just put on the wall and they didn't open, and even if you could remove the door there'd just be solid wall behind it, and one real door, could you freely choose which door you went through? No. You are just forced to change every time until you get to the door that is real.
No I'm not. Because what happens if I choose a path I think is there but it's one of the ones that isn't real?
Indeed it is, and without an arrow of time, you have neither.
Before I repeat my question you still have not answered, nor do I wish, (nor does God), to change your choice. Do you make up hypotheticals on self-defeating notions often? But we weren't talking about changing choices. We were talking about two choosing what would happen.
Ok, I will explain. If, as you allow, influence can still leave options, what difference does it make where those influences come from? It doesn't, as far as your ability to choose is concerned. You still choose.
How do you explain that you choosing as caused by influences, as you claim is done without God arranging for your choice, is a different sort of thing if God does arrange those causes?
I can find no coherent logic in that. Why don't you pretend it makes sense and I'll pretend it doesn't matter.In which case --that you are a slave, or that it has been planned? You will always do what you want, even when you don't think you want to, you do what for that moment you want to do.
I'm not talking about changing, either, it's just a problem with language that there is no word for what I'm trying to convey. What I'm driving at is: please explain how it is possible for God to make a choice for me but at the same time leave me the possibility of making a different choice. Put extremely simply - can I choose something other than what God has already chosen?Before I repeat my question you still have not answered, nor do I wish, (nor does God), to change your choice. Do you make up hypotheticals on self-defeating notions often? But we weren't talking about changing choices. We were talking about two choosing what would happen.
But your claim is that God makes the choice, not that he influences it. Are you changing your position now?Ok, I will explain. If, as you allow, influence can still leave options, what difference does it make where those influences come from? It doesn't, as far as your ability to choose is concerned. You still choose.
Failed analogy. You will choose one of the three doors, fake or not. If you get the only real door, you may choose to go through it, but the fact two are fake does not negate you choosing one of the three.
It’s an extension of the Minkowski diagram in my previous post.Sorry, you lost me...
Please provide a relevant citation from a work of philosophy, or the history of science that supports this claim. Otherwise your statement may be dismissed as unsupported opinion.
Scientific Proof Is A Myth - ForbesI'm waiting for you to justify your assertions first. Go ahead, I'm listening...
Any words not mine already?I'm waiting for you to justify your assertions first. Go ahead, I'm listening...
Seriously? I listed just 4 out of hundreds of possible outcomes, and you agreed they are all possible. They included wins for both white and black. And now you want to claim there is only one outcome?
I'm not adding anything. You claimed that "mathematically white will win at some indeterminate point" is a good example for predestination; I have demonstrated that using the parameters you gave for your scenario white is not guaranteed to win, victory can come at multiple possible points and it's actually not an example of predestination in any way at all.You're adding extra parameters to the scenario. Resigning and such is not part of this... it was discovered with tablebase research, a database of all possible moves with a limited number of pieces on the board.