(2020-11-07, 11:56 PM)Smaw Wrote: See you say that, but I feel like it might be at risk of putting all someone's eggs in one basket. I think that continued scientific advancements might point to genuine free will, but it's good to have alternative opinions if we get some wild curveball.
I don't think most human beings will be capable of the mental contortions necessary to accept that Free Will and Determinism are compatible.
I mean we can discuss whether morally from a societal perspective I should deride compatbilism given some future scientific claims closing the door on free will, but that's separate from being able to say compatibilism makes any sense at all.
Because, well, it just doesn't.
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
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