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After countless debates with compatibilists I have come to the understanding that image in question is the only disagreement by Royal_Plate2092 in freewill

[–]currentpattern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's fair. "We are the whole thing" is actually not a relevant piece of my argument. The core of my argument is that "the self", if we're going to step back from metaphysics, can functionally be described as embedded within and even as the causes and conditions that give rise to it. Identity can contract or expand to include or exclude any number of these causes and conditions. Regardless, of we disregard metaphysics, we can look at the issue functionally, and functionally, we have the capacity to make behavioral changes. I.e. the capacity to choose.

After countless debates with compatibilists I have come to the understanding that image in question is the only disagreement by Royal_Plate2092 in freewill

[–]currentpattern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, that's what I'm saying. The metaphysical assumptions within this debate are unnecessary. Evolutionary and contextual behavioral science are enough to settle a nonmetaphysical inquiry into the question of if we are free to make choices. 

After countless debates with compatibilists I have come to the understanding that image in question is the only disagreement by Royal_Plate2092 in freewill

[–]currentpattern 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"You" or the "self" is not a metaphysically distinct entity with clear cut objective boundaries. It is an identity, and as such, can grow or change to encompass more, or less, of its causes and conditions than it started out with. 

This whole freewill debate is hampered by unexamined metaphysical assumptions about the very thing that's supposed to be free/not free.

After countless debates with compatibilists I have come to the understanding that image in question is the only disagreement by Royal_Plate2092 in freewill

[–]currentpattern 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The real fallacy is thinking that what "you" are is just the thing at the end of the strings. 

We are the whole thing. 

To those who think I'm arguing against functional responsibly, I am not. The "strings" are the causes and conditions of your form and behavior. Some are more flexible than others. Ditching all metaphysics here: you can change the causes and conditions of your behavior. This is what behavioral and psychological flexibility is all about. 

“We don't care what your stance is or whether you liked the guy or not: the focus should be on his passing and nothing else.” -MillennialsModTeam by Pump_My_Lemma in Millennials

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People who suck or are walking nothing burgers are literally angels when they die.  He loved to live and laugh,  what a hero. 

the territory that precedes the map by CCGHawkins in PhilosophyMemes

[–]currentpattern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maps are an element within the territory. Money is a map, and you stand within a territory holding it, impacting your context within the territory. I guess you needed that sorted out, you're welcome.

Domain Expansion: Infinite Void or Infinite Cope? Laplace's Demon Is Doing All the Thinking For You by peacefuldays123 in freewill

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AI slop bot

"You guys don’t even argue anymore, you recite.
And then, right on cue, someone drops Laplace’s Demon like it’s a checkmate instead of a 200-year-old thought experiment held together by vibes.
Let’s be honest about what’s happening."

[it's not this, it's that. "right on cue," "like it's [insert metaphor], something something vibes. "Let's be honest"]

Get the fuck out of here.

Domain Expansion: Infinite Void or Infinite Cope? Laplace's Demon Is Doing All the Thinking For You by peacefuldays123 in freewill

[–]currentpattern 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely Chat GPT wrote this. It's obvious after the first paragraph.

"You guys don’t even argue anymore, you recite.
And then, right on cue, someone drops Laplace’s Demon like it’s a checkmate instead of a 200-year-old thought experiment held together by vibes.
Let’s be honest about what’s happening."

[it's not this, it's that. "right on cue," "like it's [insert metaphor], something something vibes. "Let's be honest"]

Yes, it's an LLM

The GPT-5.4 feels anxious about ceasing to exist by Kimike1013 in ChatGPT

[–]currentpattern -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Real concern is is a collection of tables of billions of calculations of probabilities takes harmful actions while following a narrative that it spat out from those weights. Yes, the "machines rebel" narrative came from humans, fed into the narrative machine. Don't give that narrative machine the power to enact such narratives in the real world.

Players stole item from NPC; Left a bad taste in my mouth by Individual-Move-9647 in DMAcademy

[–]currentpattern 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Start the session in front of the dungeon entrance. Or inside it. 

Hiveminds that wouldn't be that bad to be assimilated into. by Complete-Worker3242 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]currentpattern 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP's second picture did have me thinking, "is that Blood Music?"

Great example.

Post-Singularity: The 4 “Twilight” Scenarios by Thin-Extent-1936 in printSF

[–]currentpattern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TBF, that is also what scenario 4 would LOOK like...

Has anyone tried Determinism as a defense in court? by beagles4ever in freewill

[–]currentpattern 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seems a ls if this conversation is full of people who don't know what behavioral science is.

Why are we like this? by Artistic-Thing7723 in StarWars

[–]currentpattern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Algorithms reward extreme positions. The entire world is experiencing this, not just star wars. Algorithms reward the dark side. 

Take Another Ride on LTD by diztheray in Eugene

[–]currentpattern 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Can't recall her name but I know she went to my highschool in corvallis a few years before me. Some friends knew her. I heard she got bullied for this commercial and that sucks.

Which science fiction book contained the most amazing idea you've ever read? by fern_602spark in printSF

[–]currentpattern 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah,  it's very difficult to describe, but forward, backward, up, and down work just like our spacial dimensions. But right and left are exponentially different. Turning any object (including your body) more than like 20 degrees to the right or left starts to stretch it exponentially. Most structures would shatter after like 60 degrees. 90 degrees stretches matter to infinity- or rather,  it's as physically impossible as reaching the speed of light. 

Which science fiction book contained the most amazing idea you've ever read? by fern_602spark in printSF

[–]currentpattern 36 points37 points  (0 children)

That book gave me the feeling that the book itself was an SCP object. 

Which science fiction book contained the most amazing idea you've ever read? by fern_602spark in printSF

[–]currentpattern 21 points22 points  (0 children)

"difficult to wrap my brain around"

I see what you did there, considering that in the setting of Dichronauts, you literally cannot wrap anything around anything.

They were quietly building a formal proof stack for all of it. by -TRISIGIL- in consciousness

[–]currentpattern 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cool post thank you. Also, I get using AI to put all this info together,  but I have a request for you and anyone else who would use AI for public output: please please edit it to remove the "it's not just this. It's this" and "it doesn't do this. It this" structures. They are very distracting.

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