On 14 May 2015 at 05:46, John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The only other meaning of "free will" that I know of that isn't gibberish > is the inability to always know what we will do next before we do it even > in an unchanging environment, but almost nobody uses that meaning so all > that remains is the sound that chunks of meat make when they flap together. > > >> I agree with you on this one. FW as the inability to know what someone will do next (including yourself) seems the only meaningful definition. In fact the suggestion that it has some greater meaning leads to the idea that someone born poor, who is as a result uneducated and can only get menial jobs (say) is somehow "responsible" for their position in society because they've "failed" in some way, and they are then blamed (particularly by people of a right wing persuasion) for something theyhad no control over.
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