No matter if it's free will or deterministic, all philosophy is just French guys trying to justify pedophilia.
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I don't believe in "free will"
Is utterly incidental if you're sincere, as your beliefs are self-admittedly just the consequence of accumulated prior events.
Similarly, the lack of belief is beyond the individual's control.
And I know that makes you angry, but that's ok. Your anger is also just a sum of events beyond your control. As are all these posts. And the responses to them.
Everything just kinda happens and we're all at the complete mercy of our history. One almost questions the utility of cognitive thought. After all, how is all that gray matter in your head an advantage over a lump of granite? You're subject to causality either way.
I don't really believe in cognitive thought, either. I'm about 80% sure it's a post hoc illusion, a part of our brain taking notes about things that were already decided 300ms ago.
I don’t really believe in cognitive thought, either
That makes this conversation extra pointless.