Comment on Is it weird that I have to resort the idea of "Determinism" to be able to move on?

• Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Free will can exist because consciousness is an abstraction created by the brain similar to a virtual reality on a computer, where the laws of physics is what the brain builds upon, consciousness is a function of the brain, ans SELF consciousness is a layer above that, constructed by the functionality of the brain, that far exceed normal physical causality.

  There’s a reason we have a feeling of free will, if free will didn’t exist, a sense of it would serve no purpose. So Occam’s razor indicates that we shouldn’t have that sense without it.
  We can imagine a future far removed from our current state, fantasy and SciFi books are clear examples of that. How would that be possible without free will?

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  • Free_Opinions@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    If we have free will, then who or what is making those decisions and where is it located?

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