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Recent content by jonmichael818

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    Older Women!

    Recently I have been plagued with fantasies of older women aka "cougars." I have chated with a few online, and have intended to meet a few. I have even hit on my aunt via text message!! Why do you think I have such an obssession? I am trying to find out the reasons, and trying to stop...
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    Demons, the scientific method.

    Yes, This is true.
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    How can science "explain" miracles?

    Miracles must be proven, not seen by some or talked about by others. Prove it! IFFFF? That really happened??? I will even give you the benefit of the doubt. Lets say it did happen, how can you prove that it was supernatural? More than likely what would happen is that we would find that there...
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    Does Free Will Exist?

    So than what caused you to choose chocolate over vanilla, Dr. Pepper over Pepsi? Your "will" is the result of genetics and evironment, the thing you call "I" "me" "self" is the net result of the laws of nature. You make choices that are in line with your "will," but you have no choice in what...
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    Does Free Will Exist?

    [/SIZE][/FONT] Knowledge is limited. There are many definitions. All of that which you refer to as "who I am," is determined by prior causes. Who you are right now is the result of your genetics and environmental stimili. Your next choice will come from your genetics and your...
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    Does Free Will Exist?

    The thalmus and parietal cortex are controlled by cause and effect (i.e. deterministic processes). They are the result of our genetics and external stimuli, thus we have a will, but that will is not free. Unless you are defining free will the way a compatibilist defines it, but even...
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    Does Free Will Exist?

    You can choose differently from a prior choice, but that would only be because of external or internal stimuli, experiences, and environment. Every choice you make is dependant upon your genetic and environmental conditions. Also, what is it that makes up this "I" or "me" that you refer to...
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    Does Free Will Exist?

    I know. That is why it does not "sound kinda silly," as you said in your previous post.
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    Does Free Will Exist?

    [/SIZE] If your brain does not send signals to your legs to move here or there, then what does?  
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    Does Free Will Exist?

    Sure we can choose to not jump or to jump, but that choice is dependant on our genetics and our environment. Whatever our genes or our environment lead us to do, that is what we do. Take a suicidal person; they are that way because of either a genetic predisposition to severe depression or...
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    Does Free Will Exist?

    [/SIZE] Are we aware of ourselves and our surroundings; or are we simply programmed to react to our surroundings? I would say that physics,chemistry and evolutionary biology tell us that we are a product of physics, chemistry and biology. In other words we are essentially programmed. I...
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    Does Free Will Exist?

    What we as a species learned and experienced before you or I existed is encoded and programed in our genes, and we are continuously being programmed by our environment. So I can compare us to computers. Computers can learn and reprogram itself, it is called machine learning I am sure you have...
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    Does Free Will Exist?

    Thats kinda the point. We are essentially programmed by our genetics and our environmental experiences. If not genetics or environment, then what would be causing a decision to be made? As for consciousness, we do not even know what that is, and we have so many different definitions of...
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    Lawrence Krauss vs. William Lane Craig debate

    I am watching it now, so I will comment later.
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    Lawrence Krauss vs. William Lane Craig debate

    Here is part 2 of 6 of the debate. Part 1 is just the introduction of the two speakers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHHTYbusTmw