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Yes, it's trivial. But some people don't get it or don't want to get it and rather play rhetorical games; they categorically round any influence down ...

I've been acknowledging that 0 % influence can occur as well. I'm quoting myself: So, sometimes it's greater than zero -- which implies that sometimes...

Zero. Now do you understand that influence has a variable magnitude, ranging from 0 to 99 %. That's what I meant to say.

Mavis says to Oscar: "Oscar, eat this pill or you end up in hell." Example 1: Oscar hates this pill, but he eats it anyway as he's very naive and afra...

Correct. I'm not saying that the influencer has 100 % control. And you're not saying that the influencer has always no influence at all. Influence var...

The closer the result is in relation to the influencer's intention, the more influence is done. If the influencer says to the newbie: "Eat six apples ...

I think this statement is full of contradictions. I mean, if you have convinced a person to do something, you have clearly influenced that person. Yes...

If you look for a word whose meaning is intuitively clear immediately after your birth, then it's probably this word: Mama At first your lips are clos...

Individuals may experience a certain thing differently, yet they may describe it with the same word. Yes, you can clarify it by context. But at this s...

I guess the "bank" issue was meant as a metaphor for the fact that individuals define certain words differently. Other examples: hot violent fast Thes...

Well said. I was going to write a similar comment.

Not sure I understand your question grammatically. Could you express your thought in smaller pieces? I'm not saying that there is no internal force. I...

I agree. This principle is compatible to mine. There is always at least one option, so the will is not entirely unfree. And the number of options is l...

Pardon, I'm not intending to avoid your questions. Perhaps I was just misunderstanding your question. What you are describing here looks like an algor...

I think so too -- almost. I don't think the processes are 100 % deterministic as they are accompanied by a lot of particle noise, especially by fuzzy ...

Reason and cause are two different things. • Reason is a logical condition. • Cause is an event along a timeline. The sum of all angles within a trian...

I edited my previous comment and added this line: So there's much more involved than just a "thought process". I could show you a sample algorithm of ...

The personality of individuals varies a lot; it consists of many attributes, for example: • Egoism -- ranging from low to high • Credulity -- ranging ...

One cannot know what's in the text before it's been read. One cannot know what's in the speech before it's been heard. Therefore one cannot warn onese...

I think the male and female interpretations are both correct and both complement each other. It's logical that improvement is only possible where some...

Some reactions are common, some reactions are individual. Every human likes to breath. Not every human likes garlic. Isn't it that simple?

Not "not". It's gradually variable. -- First of all, I think there is a network of many individual wills and many individual manipulations. Consequent...

Humans can be manipulated. When humans are older than 18 years, are they adults? By the law, yes. Mentally, adulthood is a never ending process. Kids ...

I think it's possible that there are several levels of reality. Not one single reality but realities at variable intensities. Not to confuse with trut...

It's the experience of what it's like to be the owner of this leg or that arm etc. that is attached to my body. It's a specific phenomenal quality tha...

What are laws good for? They protect humans that can't defend themselves on their own against stronger attackers. So, laws prohibit certain attacks, a...

I think there is a mark. There are timestamps too, but those cannot tell whether the related memory refers to a true event at that time or to an imagi...

Maybe Blues music isn't really just 200 years young. Perhaps it already occured 20,000 or 100,000 years ago ... Some birds sing pentatonic scales. I g...

I'm continuing from page 1 of this thread. This is what I was writing while further comments were posted. Typical elements of Rock'n'Roll, in my opini...

Thank you all for the good comments. I'll reply with more details later. For now just a tip: The video you posted is from 1964. This one is closer to ...

Before I describe the details: Where should I start? What's your technical background? Are you familiar with music-theoretical terms like "pentatonic ...

Short answer: In my book, Rock is the opposite to Mahler and Chopin.

Re Beethoven's Rock'n'Roll elements: I'm thinking of his 6. and 7. symphony, among others. (And his powerful yet lovely urge for freedom, accompanied ...

Good question. I forgot to mention another element of rock music. Initially I mentioned the sound of drums and string instruments, and certain rhythms...

I understood your "gradation" as a reference to the amount of options, not to the will's intensitiy. I understood, the will which accepts 100 options ...

Could there be a single universal non-dividable reason influencing any decision? I'd say no, not a single one; I see a threefold core: 1. Logic in gen...

Is there any reason among all reasons which cannot influence a decision? -- I don't think so. Can all reasons influence a decision? -- Yes, I think so...

"The will is free." The problem with this statement is that the expression "free" is incomplete. Free of what? That's the missing part. The will can o...

There's a reason to choose that horrible, toxic, useless cake. This reason leads the will. The will doesn't have the freedom to deactivate this reason...

Does this agree with Dawnstorm's idea regarding "trigger"? I take these "mind-crossings" and other "triggers" into account in my illustrations, I just...

Do I understand this definition correctly? I can only desire something that is feasible? "I want to become Superman" is therefore not a desire, as it'...

I agree that the system is way more complex. I just wanted to show a simplified sample section of a dynamic "will" network that actually consists of a...

I can't desire what I want. For example, I'm heterosexual because my genes are programmed like this. I can't switch my desire for women over to men. T...

Good questions. Two thoughts: 1. Desire and will have the same meaning. From now on I just use the word "will", but that's a synonym for "desire" too....

In addition to what I wrote above: I would distinguish between will und the ability to reach the will's goal. Arnold's goal is to become an astronaut....

One more thought regarding the cakes in particular: A cake is a complex thing. Ten X-cakes don't neccessarily represent a greater option bandwidth tha...

I think "will" consists of just two parameters: Direction and magnitude. "Will" is a vector. "Freedom" is not a parameter of a vector. In your model I...

Sir, you're very creative. I like this combination of physics and non-physics. In the end it's all about information. What is information? Information...

Brain storm mode ... Speaking of metaphors: Here's another coherence: Metaphors need to be coherent with the things they refer to, right? Gravity, for...

I hope you got the Darmok quote. It's a famous Star Trek episode that reveals that all symbols in our languages are metaphors actually.