Re: Free will and determinism NJC

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But you didn't know I would turn right, Ron. You believed I would, and you turned out to be correct. But you didn't know it. That's what makes the difference. Had you known I would turn right before I did, it would have been true that I was going to turn right before I did, and if it was already true before the act, then the act itself was not the result of my choice, but of something else, something pre-ordained, determined, whatever you want to call it.

Sarah

From: "RSM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
. . . Just because someone knows what you are going to do does not mean that you had no
choice in doing what you did. An example: You are at a stop sign. The
cross street is a two way street. I am in a car behind you. I see your
turn indicator flashing. I now predict that you are going to turn right. I
claim psychic powers. You do turn right. Are you saying that you had no
choice in turning right because I foresaw that?