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Old 08-29-2018, 05:51 PM   #121 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by 66Sexy View Post
To hold a series of algorithms responsible for anything is nonsense but there's no current alternative.
What would you do if your computer caught on fire?

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To simplify the conversation and to avoid having to go into every useless caveat I'll just say no.

Since we have no control over even the tiniest of our actions we are obviously bound to a predetermined fate. It was settled and soon as the Big Bang started the universe expanding. Obviously. Unless you think we are of some supernatural property from outside the universe.
If "we" are our brains, then "we" are the ones controlling our actions. Also, predetermined is not synonymous with predictable.
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