Possibility

For instance, there are those who see determinism as an alternative to the existence of free will, and those who see free will as an alternative to de...

Perhaps many of these are only perceived as opposites, on account of our relation to it as observer. The balance exists because it is relevant to our ...

Thanks - I did wonder about the withering... I’m not sure that I agree with this entirely, nor with the ‘virtual indestructibility’ of these proteins....

Any object (as a relationship of points in 3D space) in actuality is continually variable over time in relation to all other points in 3D space. All i...

We know how... or why? Prion-like proteins suggest a start, to be sure - but ‘know’ is a bit of a stretch, don’t you think? Thanks for the prompt, tho...

The mantis’ alternative would have been to move contra to its environment, which attracts attention for obvious reasons. Most predators’ eyesight is n...

Welcome to the discussion. I get what you’re saying. But I don’t think it’s a clear as you believe it is. I agree that the biological mechanics of the...

I don’t disagree with this. Success is relative to value. As I mentioned to @"PoeticUniverse", the ‘possible worlds’ theory implies an alternate physi...

In a lot of respects, I am piecing together an explanation as I go along, but the groundwork is all there in so many expressions of human experience -...

Potential is defined as an ability to develop, achieve or succeed that has not been realised. Many interpret this as that an acorn becomes an oak tree...

They’re not categories, they’re more like gates to enable or disable interaction. This discussion has been a work in progress - you might need to read...

In 5D it’s more about potential than ‘possible world-lines’ - as I explained to frank. When we see potential, we not only see what’s possible, but als...

Yes, this is why I’ve said that all actions are still determined, even if our will is free. When you look back on actual events where you’ve experienc...

Not directly in relation to free will - focusing on possibility only confuses the issue. I’m responding to determinism - ie. a lack of potential. If y...

Deep Blue is designed to make choices based on logic applied to all possible moves and countermoves. I can make choices based only on logic, too. But ...

The terms ‘existing’ and ‘actual’ are not interchangeable in my view. Actual is a (4D) form of existing, but what exists and interacts with our (5D) e...

Logic is one way of relating to the significance of an experience - one of many different systems or structures that we can use to ‘determine’ what is...

Ramble away - I do. It’s probably only that I’ve bounced these ideas around in a different environment. I’ve really only been playing with philosophy ...

I like this explanation. I think it’s consistent with how I’ve been looking at it, just described in a MUCH simpler way. I feel like I’ve taken a long...

It clearly matters to you, but it doesn’t matter to everyone - not necessarily because they’re ignorant of the ‘prison’ they’re in, but because they’v...

This here, I agree with. Absolutely. It’s where you take it from here that I find difficult to understand from my perspective. But up to this point, I...

No, it’s a lack of awareness. Randomness is just missing information about causal conditions, after all. I’d like to clarify something, here: I’m not ...

If by ‘exist’ you mean exist in spacetime, then yes. But don’t forget that you are ‘something’, too. And you also exist and have the capacity to inter...

Not the way you might think. The way I see it, potential interacts with potential as other, and in doing so continually manifests the energy event tha...

I think it could potentially be one, but not actually one ‘thing’. For something to exist in actuality, its potential must interact or be observed/mea...

First you say it’s an influence, then you say it’s an impulse. As it suits your argument, I guess. The thing is, in my view this was neither. It was a...

But I still think this definition is lacking in the detail it requires to answer the question of whether or not it can be ‘free’. If the will is whate...

This is the thing about ‘reality’. Actuality (the ‘reality’ to which @"gods must be atheist" seems to refer) includes observable/measurable 4D events,...

I’m trying to work out what you’re arguing with me about. I agree with pretty much everything you’ve written here. Sure, but does that help us to unde...

For this to make sense perhaps requires a long-winded explanation that has to do with an evolution of consciousness from initial awareness, connection...

It doesn’t, not really. As causality, we’re blind to our capacity to choose different actions when we look back on unbroken causal chains. As ‘free wi...

To do that, I need to go back to the definition of ‘will’: the faculty by which one decides on and initiates action - which precedes the act of choosi...

From a quick and cursory read through this (and in my humble and developing opinion), three things: I don’t think the Enformer, G*d, is necessary to d...

Yes, that’s what I said: HOW a six dimensional universe manifests in our experience as ‘stuff in time’.

Not just all possible futures, but yes - I believe it is a kind of superposition. More like all possible events across time: past, present and future ...

Let’s start by breaking down this statement: 1. I ought to do what makes me feel good. 2. Giving to charity makes me feel good. 3. Therefore, I ought ...

No - that’s still a choice. When you declare it as an ‘ought’ you assume that dying is both immanent and not an acceptable choice. You resent or rejec...

It amazes me that you honestly believe any experience of hunger is a sign of impending death. Yes, you have two choices, but they’re not so dramatic a...

I disagree with this. All of these are still motivated by an underlying FEAR that blocks more fundamental motivation to increase awareness, connection...

First of all, don’t get ahead of yourself: experiencing hunger does NOT mean I will die. The alternative is accepting the reality that hunger is a par...

In a way, yes. ‘Ought’ is a sign that one rejects/resents the experience of being hungry in favour of a world without hunger.

I agree with you that ignorance is what holds us back in relation to discrimination. But it’s not about pointing the finger of blame, declaring who is...

And yet research has been brought up here that points to this very distinction, so for many people it isn’t splitting hairs at all, but has some signi...

Have you ever genuinely been on the receiving end of discrimination? I’m asking because it seems to me that you don’t really understand what it’s like...

Taking these statements out of context separates them from their meaning and significance for those who utter them. The original ‘pride’ statements ar...

I understand what you’re saying, but there’s a difference between accepting ‘the sky is blue’ as a description of experience and accepting ‘the sky is...

Do you really believe that the words someone says have a power over you that you cannot control?

I have to agree with @"Terrapin Station" on this one. It isn’t a matter of stifling subjective expressions of opinion (deemed hateful or not). It’s a ...

But we can help it. Fear is our capacity to say ‘No’ to awareness of, connection or collaboration with what we’re capable of. If we say ‘Yes’ to all t...

Discrimination is a response to the overwhelming reality that what we are unaware of, disconnected from or not collaborating with can still interact w...