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I am researching law, physics, and philosophy
I am pursuing information on physics, for the most part. I recently got some flak at physicsforums dot .com. It appears there is the argument that my topic involved too much philosophy.
The implication of my research means to refute legal compatibalism using science (and philosophy where applicable).
"I" was Genecks on philosophyforums dot com. After some research, I have come to believe aliases, such as Internet aliases are a form of dissociative identity disorder. As such is bad, I am using my name (although my research considers that may be no better).
A person does not have free will to use an alias. Thus, all aliases are actually dissociative identities that are unconsciously at work. Something like that.
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Maybe I will have the thread created by Thursday. There are three types of arguments:
1) Denial of argument by authority due to lack of absolution.
2) Denial of the defendant being a causative actor.
3) Denial of the actus reus through the non-continuity of identity.
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Could it also be that a lot of people use Alias's online simply because they don't want to be personally identified because they don't want to get stalked by some nutter?Dennis Blewett wrote:A person does not have free will to use an alias. Thus, all aliases are actually dissociative identities that are unconsciously at work. Something like that.
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No. There is no "free will" (1) to "use" an alias.
Now, if you check out the refutations to the allegation of criminal guilt thread on this forum, there is the argument that nothing I have to argue has any validity because I lack absolute authority (such goes into the realm of the philosophy of science).
See also:
(1) The theory of special relativity
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I disagree. I think that when I chose the alias "Steve3007" I did so using my free will.Dennis Blewett wrote:No. There is no "free will" (1) to "use" an alias.
You mentioned that in another topic:See also:
(1) The theory of special relativity
viewtopic.php?p=378405#p378405
In my view you've misunderstood what Special Relativity is about.
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Seriously? How can you not see that your alias was a logical progression from the behavior of subatomic particles at the Big Bang. One can mathematically prove that if one of the quarks would have zigged instead of zagged 3 billion years ago, you would have chosen Steve3008 as your alias.Steve3007 wrote: ↑March 9th, 2021, 8:32 amI disagree. I think that when I chose the alias "Steve3007" I did so using my free will.Dennis Blewett wrote:No. There is no "free will" (1) to "use" an alias.
You mentioned that in another topic:See also:
(1) The theory of special relativity
viewtopic.php?p=378405#p378405
In my view you've misunderstood what Special Relativity is about.
Ridiculous on it's face.
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Very true, everything you do was determined by the behavior of subatomic particles at the Big Bang.Dennis Blewett wrote: ↑March 12th, 2021, 8:31 pm You may believe whatever you want to believe. I do not have free will to persuade you that free will does not exist. And from my interpretation of how matter is interdependent with the dimensions of space and the dimension of time, I do not see how *I* have free will.
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But what determined those subatomic particles at the, so called, "big bang"?LuckyR wrote: ↑March 13th, 2021, 2:25 amVery true, everything you do was determined by the behavior of subatomic particles at the Big Bang.Dennis Blewett wrote: ↑March 12th, 2021, 8:31 pm You may believe whatever you want to believe. I do not have free will to persuade you that free will does not exist. And from my interpretation of how matter is interdependent with the dimensions of space and the dimension of time, I do not see how *I* have free will.
In other words, why do you talk like the "big bang" was the beginning, of everything?
Also, how do 'you' define the term 'free will'?
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How do 'you' define the words 'free will'?Dennis Blewett wrote: ↑March 12th, 2021, 8:31 pm You may believe whatever you want to believe. I do not have free will to persuade you that free will does not exist. And from my interpretation of how matter is interdependent with the dimensions of space and the dimension of time, I do not see how *I* have free will.
Also, how do 'you' define the word 'I' here?
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No one knows what determined those subatomic particles, though it bears mentioning that they don't require any determining beyond random chance, BTW.evolution wrote: ↑March 13th, 2021, 5:01 amBut what determined those subatomic particles at the, so called, "big bang"?LuckyR wrote: ↑March 13th, 2021, 2:25 amVery true, everything you do was determined by the behavior of subatomic particles at the Big Bang.Dennis Blewett wrote: ↑March 12th, 2021, 8:31 pm You may believe whatever you want to believe. I do not have free will to persuade you that free will does not exist. And from my interpretation of how matter is interdependent with the dimensions of space and the dimension of time, I do not see how *I* have free will.
In other words, why do you talk like the "big bang" was the beginning, of everything?
Also, how do 'you' define the term 'free will'?
No one, least of all me (or you) knows if the BB was the begining, it may just be a known event a long time ago that happens to have a name.
Let me back up the truck to describe what Free Will is to me. If a system is 100% Determined it's behavior could be 100% predictable if it's antecedent state was well known. Say, simple systems like the behavior of billiard balls on a table (or planets in orbit). But let's take a complex system like human decision making (through neurological processes). Their behavior is partially predictable, but not 100% predictable. What can't be predicted (with knowledge of the antecedent state) is what I call Free Will. What can be predicted is Determined, even Pre-determined. Of course as our abilities improve over time, the portion of what can be predicted goes up, if it ever reaches 100% there will be no Free Will ie human decision making will be shown to be completely Determined. It is my prediction, that day will never come.
As you can tell, my previous posting was sarcastic, pointing out the futility and randomness if you follow the Deterministic concept all the way back 13.8 billion years.
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You did not answer the actual question I asked you.LuckyR wrote: ↑March 14th, 2021, 3:01 amNo one knows what determined those subatomic particles, though it bears mentioning that they don't require any determining beyond random chance, BTW.evolution wrote: ↑March 13th, 2021, 5:01 amBut what determined those subatomic particles at the, so called, "big bang"?LuckyR wrote: ↑March 13th, 2021, 2:25 amVery true, everything you do was determined by the behavior of subatomic particles at the Big Bang.Dennis Blewett wrote: ↑March 12th, 2021, 8:31 pm You may believe whatever you want to believe. I do not have free will to persuade you that free will does not exist. And from my interpretation of how matter is interdependent with the dimensions of space and the dimension of time, I do not see how *I* have free will.
In other words, why do you talk like the "big bang" was the beginning, of everything?
Also, how do 'you' define the term 'free will'?
By the way, matter exists forever. Therefore, obviously so to do subatomic particles.
Please refrain from 'trying to' speak for 'me'.
I know the big bang could not be the beginning, and to even think or believe that it was, just because 'it was written', is extremely foolhardy, by the way.
Also, and again, you did not answer the actual first two questions I asked you.
But human decision making is not a complex system at all. In fact, once you know how the Mind and the brain work, then the human decision making process is really a very simple and easy system.LuckyR wrote: ↑March 14th, 2021, 3:01 am Let me back up the truck to describe what Free Will is to me. If a system is 100% Determined it's behavior could be 100% predictable if it's antecedent state was well known. Say, simple systems like the behavior of billiard balls on a table (or planets in orbit). But let's take a complex system like human decision making (through neurological processes).
Well that is another definition, for me, of the long list of definitions for the term 'free will'.LuckyR wrote: ↑March 14th, 2021, 3:01 am Their behavior is partially predictable, but not 100% predictable. What can't be predicted (with knowledge of the antecedent state) is what I call Free Will. What can be predicted is Determined, even Pre-determined. Of course as our abilities improve over time, the portion of what can be predicted goes up, if it ever reaches 100% there will be no Free Will ie human decision making will be shown to be completely Determined. It is my prediction, that day will never come.
But I could not tell your previous posting was sarcastic.
In a philosophy forum I read words, literally.
If one does not say what they mean, or does not mean what they say, in philosophical discussions, then why say 'it'?
Also, if one wants to follow the deterministic concept, then they would also have to understand, and/or explain, what determined the, so called, big bang, and then what determined everything else also prior to that bang.
By the way, if your previous posting was sarcastic, then this helps in explaining why you did not answer the actual first two questions I asked you.
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Well, feel free to re-ask your question, as I am happy to answer any question that is comprehensible.evolution wrote: ↑March 14th, 2021, 8:40 amYou did not answer the actual question I asked you.LuckyR wrote: ↑March 14th, 2021, 3:01 amNo one knows what determined those subatomic particles, though it bears mentioning that they don't require any determining beyond random chance, BTW.
By the way, matter exists forever. Therefore, obviously so to do subatomic particles.
Please refrain from 'trying to' speak for 'me'.
I know the big bang could not be the beginning, and to even think or believe that it was, just because 'it was written', is extremely foolhardy, by the way.
Also, and again, you did not answer the actual first two questions I asked you.
But human decision making is not a complex system at all. In fact, once you know how the Mind and the brain work, then the human decision making process is really a very simple and easy system.LuckyR wrote: ↑March 14th, 2021, 3:01 am Let me back up the truck to describe what Free Will is to me. If a system is 100% Determined it's behavior could be 100% predictable if it's antecedent state was well known. Say, simple systems like the behavior of billiard balls on a table (or planets in orbit). But let's take a complex system like human decision making (through neurological processes).
Well that is another definition, for me, of the long list of definitions for the term 'free will'.LuckyR wrote: ↑March 14th, 2021, 3:01 am Their behavior is partially predictable, but not 100% predictable. What can't be predicted (with knowledge of the antecedent state) is what I call Free Will. What can be predicted is Determined, even Pre-determined. Of course as our abilities improve over time, the portion of what can be predicted goes up, if it ever reaches 100% there will be no Free Will ie human decision making will be shown to be completely Determined. It is my prediction, that day will never come.
But I could not tell your previous posting was sarcastic.
In a philosophy forum I read words, literally.
If one does not say what they mean, or does not mean what they say, in philosophical discussions, then why say 'it'?
Also, if one wants to follow the deterministic concept, then they would also have to understand, and/or explain, what determined the, so called, big bang, and then what determined everything else also prior to that bang.
By the way, if your previous posting was sarcastic, then this helps in explaining why you did not answer the actual first two questions I asked you.
You seem to be confusing "know" and "theorize" or "suspect". Hence why I included you in the "no one knows" comment.
As you alluded to, my view of Free Will is functional, rather than theoretical, so it is a bit different (but easier to quantify) than others in Philosophy.
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