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brrt@sh.itjust.works 1 month agoThat said, we contain the ability to observe and react to our surroundings which causes a large and complex web of interactions that aren’t trivial to map or anticipate.
That unpredictablity is what we ultimately define as freedom.
How does higher uncertainty of my choices achieving what I strive for raise the perception of freedom of said choice?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 month ago
More higher uncertainty of an outside observer predicting the choices you will make.
The inability to anticipate another person’s actions suggests they may have internal agency. Compared to say, a rock, which you can shove and confidently predict where it will stop moving, a human is far more difficult to judge.
brrt@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I don’t understand what you are getting at. You are either saying that you can predict where a fly is going to go when you set it free or you are saying that a fly has internal agency.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If the fly lacks agency, you would be able to predict its movement given a sufficiently accurate set of information.
If it has agency, you could not.
merc@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
It’s difficult to predict the path of a leaf floating in the wind, but I don’t think anybody would say a leaf has agency.
brrt@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
You missed the point while drawing your circular argument.
Take what you said and replace fly with human. Wait here I’ll do it for you:
Now tell me how you will acquire a sufficiently accurate set of information about a human and its environment to test your hypothesis.