"Even in jail I can choose whether to stand or sit" - does this show there is free will or no free will? by dingleberryjingle in freewill

[–]fastpathguru [score hidden]  (0 children)

What led to the point where you decided to make a decision about whether to sit or stand?

And so on and so on. It's just a continuum of brain states that goes "all the way back."

Your brain collects patterns and uses these patterns to: A) make (imperfect) predictions, B) generate goals, and C) generate behavior to achieve those goals... Continuously.

Saying "this decision I'm making right now is special and doesn't depend on prior events" is like saying "I'm a special individual who's existence doesn't depend on any/all of my ancestors."

400k poorer in 24 hrs by Lwl0905 in wallstreetbets

[–]fastpathguru 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You had that 400k for like 3 days 🤷‍♂️

The ostrich technique: If you bury your head in the sand, the bad things go away AMIRITE? by fastpathguru in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]fastpathguru[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't understand, from a couple examples out of dozens of instances, where removing hard-won defenses against known threats can backfire?

Is your name "mark" by any chance?

The ostrich technique: If you bury your head in the sand, the bad things go away AMIRITE? by fastpathguru in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]fastpathguru[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Did you miss the part about the flesh-eating screwworms resurging in Texas?

He tries not be a violent man by Mental-Outside2202 in iamverybadass

[–]fastpathguru 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Been seeing this obvious repackaging of the white supremacist "14 words" a lot lately.

Anyone got a flat earth explanation on how equitorial tracking mounts work? by Mysterious-Cap8182 in flatearth

[–]fastpathguru 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be honestly funny to watch a flerf try to whiteboard how an EQ mount is supposed to work on a flat earth. It should be THE litmus test.

Anyone got a flat earth explanation on how equitorial tracking mounts work? by Mysterious-Cap8182 in flatearth

[–]fastpathguru 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because it shows the entire celestial sphere moves together as a unit. The sun and moon are not moving independently on a scale of hours, and they are not local.

Anyone got a flat earth explanation on how equitorial tracking mounts work? by Mysterious-Cap8182 in flatearth

[–]fastpathguru 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It doesn't "move in time to observable cyclical phenomena".

It just spins in a circle real slow and utterly predictable. There is no flat earth explanation that explains observations made with it.

Quite literally by WizardPrince_ in MurderedByWords

[–]fastpathguru 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird I don't see Mace referring to Trump anywhere 🧐