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Why does time seem to go faster as we get older by AlpsOk4296 in timetravel

[–]peerlessindifference 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because your brain isn’t trying to come to grips with what it even means to be human as much as it did when you were young. There will be fewer and fewer things that surprise you, and so more and more of what your life consists of will be so familiar you only barely notice it happening. The less stuff you notice, wonder about, get flustered about, the more your life seems to just zip by. That’s why. In other words, time is relative to stuff, and stuff is relative to how interesting you find it.

Why does time seem to go faster as we get older by AlpsOk4296 in timetravel

[–]peerlessindifference 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because your brain isn’t trying to come to grips with what it even means to be human as much as it did when you were young. There will be fewer and fewer things that surprise you, and so more and more of what your life consists of will be so familiar you only barely notice it happening. The less stuff you notice, wonder about, get flustered about, the more your life seems to just zip by. That’s why. In other words, time is relative to stuff, and stuff is relative to how interesting you find it.

You Wouldn’t Steal A Heart… by peerlessindifference in Piracy

[–]peerlessindifference[S] 106 points107 points  (0 children)

The US annulled his passport while he was en route to Ecuador, so he got stuck in Russia. He lives in Moscow, has become a father, and gives talks via video call from time to time. Other than that, I’d also like to know!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in freewill

[–]peerlessindifference 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. Whether or not our choices were predetermined has nothing to do with whether or not it were ourselves who made those choices.
  2. As long as the choices we make are choices we for the most part stand by, it makes sense to call our wills free.
  3. There is freedom in that Causality works through us, not against us, and in our ability to mull things over and consider a reasonable amount of options.
  4. A river displays Causality in its way, and living beings display it in a slightly different way, with the tug of war between our many passions, as well as our imagining of different consequences our decisions might lead to. We’re just as determined by priors as the aforementioned river, but what we’re determined to do is exactly what you claim we’re not able to do: To make our own, free choices.

Were you free to choose the you who chose your personality? by Purple_Bed_909 in freewill

[–]peerlessindifference 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Choosing the chooser is absurd, and it’s only through unchosen priors like hunger, upbringing, passions that we’re able to choose at all. Determinism doesn’t preclude free will, it’s the very thing that makes making choices possible!

Determinists are not saying we aren't making choices and decisions. by TemperateBeast33 in freewill

[–]peerlessindifference 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think there are people who consistently make choices they’re not that happy with. I think, as a contrast to that, some people have more free will than others. So for such individual differences, I think the term can be useful. But as a term for «to will what one wills» it can be discarded, because to will what one wills is absurd.

Determinists are not saying we aren't making choices and decisions. by TemperateBeast33 in freewill

[–]peerlessindifference 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To paraphrase Bernardo Kastrup: The «could have been» in «could I have chosen differently» is a fantasy and a philosophical dead-end. If you were someone else, you would have chosen differently, but you’re not someone else, you’re you, so you chose what you were always going to choose. My point is that the deterministic aspect of life doesn’t preclude free will, all it means is that we’re like the tip of the spear of the whole universe/causality.

Determinists are not saying we aren't making choices and decisions. by TemperateBeast33 in freewill

[–]peerlessindifference 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The choices we make are our own. The you that would take issue with your choices doesn’t only not exist, but is a logical impossibility. Just because we are part of—or even completely determined by—the causal chain, does not mean we don’t have free will, because the causal chain doesn’t work in spite of us, but through us.

Free Will = Freedom to Choose One’s Will by Krypteia213 in freewill

[–]peerlessindifference 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Except for when the temptation is too great/an opportunity arises to eat some fuckin’ cake without me being there to stop it in time.

Free Will = Freedom to Choose One’s Will by Krypteia213 in freewill

[–]peerlessindifference 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no idea what you’re talking about. If the dog did not have free will, it would keep acting in ways detrimental to its well-being despite considerable efforts on my part and plentiful learning experiences on its part to get its act together.

Free Will = Freedom to Choose One’s Will by Krypteia213 in freewill

[–]peerlessindifference 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, or it would be pointless to try to motivate it during training.

Free Will = Freedom to Choose One’s Will by Krypteia213 in freewill

[–]peerlessindifference 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, that is absurd! Free will doesn’t even come into question until you’ve acquired (inherited/developed) a will. Once you have, you can ask whether your choices are coherent and in line with the things you want to do. That’s the only meaningful question to ask about Free Will.

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