Truth Seeker

I agree with you.

Thank you for your reply. It's possible you are right. I don't know and I can't know. Why would I limit myself and put myself through all the sufferin...

Thank you for your reply. I think we are all blundering through existence. Many people convince themselves that their religion is the true one but tha...

Thank you for your reply. Are you not even certain about being a conscious entity? Isn't being a conscious entity an undeniable and self-evident fact?...

I am trying to know myself, others and the world. If I were all-knowing, I could know everything with complete certainty. The above framework is the b...

Reviewing my position six months later ... I am completely certain of the following: 1. I am conscious. 2. I am typing in English. 3. I am not all-kno...

I agree that our ignorance is infinite and our knowledge is very finite but it is growing.

The Big Bang and other galaxies are as real as the Earth. The existence of aliens is currently unknown. Please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunni...

You said in your reply to my post: "hmmm sci fi speculations. Not sure on these." That's why I asked you to clarify what you mean. I know what the con...

What is sci-fi speculation? Big Bang? Other galaxies? Other stars? Black holes? Interstellar travel? Please clarify. We have sent probes to the farthe...

Please see https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/how-do-we-know-the-big-bang-actually-happened/zjn68xs to learn how we know that the Universe we appear to live ...

I agree with you. What we know through science changes over time as we refine our instruments and think of better methods for testing hypotheses. Howe...

I am interested in everything that is true. That's why I study, research and think about truth constantly. There are many limitations to philosophy. T...

I am not blaming you for having different thoughts from me. We don't choose what thoughts occur to us. Our thoughts are the result of our genes, envir...

My definition of free will is a will that is free from determinants and constraints. I clearly don't have free will because my will is both determined...

Organisms do not have the ability to make choices that are free from their genes, environments, nutrients, and experiences. All choices made by all or...

None of the actions you mentioned are free from our genes, environments, nutrients, and experiences. As I explained in my previous post, you can't go ...

Genes are the foundation for biological organisms. If I had the genes of a dolphin I would have been able to put half of my brain to sleep and keep th...

Yes, they can go for a walk or sleep etc. but these things are not free from the effects of genes, environments, nutrients, and experiences. They are ...

How can all life be both deterministic and free? They are the opposite of each other.

I agree that all lives are unique, irreplaceable and never to be repeated. I am still trying to figure out the answer to my question: "Aren't all orga...

Thank you very much. What if I can't judge any of them as right or wrong? Would that not leave me in my current agnostic stance? If I had the genes, e...

Thank you ever so much for your most helpful summary. Who is right?

Thank you very much for the recommendation. I look forward to reading them.

I agree. Well done for spotting the error. I have spotted errors and omissions in various references but in two cases they refused to correct the erro...

All references are prone to errors, omissions, bias, etc. Unless one is omniscient, one has to handle known unknowns and unknown unknowns.

Thank you ever so much for your detailed reply and for the books you have recommended. I look forward to reading them. Compared to omniscience, I know...

I agree with you.

I want to learn more about mysticism. That's why in a previous post, I asked you to recommend books but you did not recommend any. Also, you did not a...

You have claimed that mystics know the truth and that nondualism is true. You have not proven these two statements. There were and are many mystics an...

I agree with you.

I agree with you.

No, someone could be convinced that they know the truth about reality yet be mistaken about reality. I have met people who believe that the Earth is f...

I don't understand your reply. I am sorry about that. Please explain what you mean. Which books are you recommending that we read? Thank you.

If you can prove your claims, please do.

I agree with you again.

I agree with you.

I didn't call mystics liars. I am an agnostic regarding not just the existence and nature of Gods but also about the nature of reality. Is solipsism t...

Thank you for your thoughtful reply. I do mean that they are untestable by sensory empiricism. Please tell me what empirical evidence there is that le...

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I am not saying you are wrong. I am not saying your are right either. I really don't know. So sorry about not being omniscient and omnipotent.

I don't know. I wish I knew.

I don't know.

I am trying to learn whether randomness actually exists and how that affects everything else. It's ok if you don't know. I don't know either. I know a...

How do you know that randomness exists and is free from determinants and constraints? Only omnipotence is free from constraints. I don't know if omnip...

How does randomness fit into my definition of free will? How do you know that randomness exists?

My definition does not mention the concept of randomness, nor does it require it. I don't know if randomness actually exists. I know the word exists a...

Yes, it makes sense. I agree with you. I am going to stick with my definition of free will, not LuckyR's definition.

I agree that randomness is contrary to determinism. It is also contrary to free will. Does randomness really exist? If it does, how would we know?

Randomness in the brain or anywhere else is just randomness. Randomness does not equal to free will.