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Old 04-04-2019, 09:15 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by OccultHawk View Post
Science has proven it.
Source please. Restating an unfalsifiable claim with more force doesn't make it truthier.

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Originally Posted by Blarobbarg View Post
Even if we decide to reprogram our brain so we automatically make different choices than the ones we've always made is a decision that you are only able to make if you have received the sort of information in the past that would give that as an option, and you would only choose that option if your brain already has compelling reasons to do so.
How does that negate free will? Whether you made a choice in the past doesn't mean that you couldn't have made a different one, but then again how is it possible to know that for certain?

Is it okay if I change the title of the thread to "Ad Hoc Reasoning Is Scientific Law"?
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