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Determinism
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No, free will is not an 'extra'; it is part and parcel of the very essence of consciousness. A conscious being without free will is simply a metaphysical absurdity.
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― The Tao Is Silent: A Whimsical and Sophisticated Guide to Eastern Philosophy and Inner Serenity
― The Tao Is Silent: A Whimsical and Sophisticated Guide to Eastern Philosophy and Inner Serenity
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You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, your fetal environment, your genes, whether your ancestors were farmers or herders. Let me state this most broadly, probably at this point too broadly for most readers: we are nothing more or less than the cumulative biological and environmental luck, over which we had no control, that has brought us to
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― Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
― Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
