On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Craig Weinberg <whatsons...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > What would be the point of learning though? What would be the > difference between any one outcome and any other one if decision > making were determined? It is only because of our own experience of > free will that we can project some significance of any particular > outcome. Maybe it is because of the significance of outcomes that we believe to have free will. > Evolution doesn't care how species mutate or whether > individuals survive, why should the individuals themselves care > either? > Because individuals that care about outcomes survive? > > Only if we program them to act like they are doing that. They never > would learn anything on their own. > > The fact is that learning is possible in a deterministic universe. > > > > The point is not changing future outcomes. In fact we don't know what > that > > outcome will be. The point is obtaining good outcomes. > > Without the existence of free will as a given, there can be no "good". There is no problem in having good and bad outcomes in a deterministic universe. Ricardo. Craig > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
