Possibility

Really? I’m sorry, but I don’t recall that discussion, and if I HAD ever ‘subscribed’ to Descartes’ proof of free will, then I’ve since unsubscribed, ...

Math is an attempt to contain meaning within value. It declares itself ‘meaningless’ in order to maintain the illusion that there is no meaning outsid...

Given that we don’t really know what energy IS (only what it does), I would suggest that it’s only incoherent because our language structure makes it ...

This is according to your broad definition of the will, which includes the entire process of thinking about every act, range and option to be chosen. ...

I think we need to be clear about when we use ‘choice’ as: - the ACT of choosing, - the VARIETY or range to choose from OR - the particular OPTION to ...

Any choice, always and in every situation?

QM describes quarks as fast-moving points of energy - I’d like to see you try to focus on something else...

Matter is comprised of interaction: particles in dynamic relationship with each other. As @"tim wood"‘s video showed, what we see as matter, mass, is ...

Makes no real difference whether I like it or not. But I will say: common to whom?

Don’t get too confident yet. See, the problem is how you state it. I’m not sure which comments you’re referring to. If you appear to be paraphrasing t...

That would certainly help, I think. Thank you. When you fail to do this, you imply that what you write is objective, indisputable fact that everyone a...

That depends on what you mean by ‘conscious’. I think all matter starts out (at the BB, for instance) with the capacity to make these three yes/no dec...

So by this logic, we can do nothing, as everything we do must first require consent. It is wrong for me to pat someone on the back until I obtain cons...

And matter is the extension of interaction.

This is what I’ve spent some time trying to reach: what it is about our will that is unconstrained, when every movement by law must be determined by a...

Awareness is a decision that is made before we ‘see an apple’. A decision is made to be aware of sense data - to seek information from our senses - an...

Free = unconstrained I think we make more of ‘the will’ than it needs to be. We like to think that our will is this complicated process of taking all ...

Ok, but the thing is, in this analogy your anti-natalist position is identifying with the potential $1m, not with the kid who lost their inheritance. ...

I hear that. The first statement was for the benefit of those who continue to insist that we didn’t consent to existence, and therefore are hard done ...

OR....... ...........Perhaps I’m just trying to fit something onto a T shirt. “If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it your...

I figured you’d say that. You still haven’t chosen not to exist in the initial situation - you’ve chosen to take steps to not continue to live from th...

I’m always fascinated with anti-natalism discussions, because in many ways the perspective on life seem diametrically opposite to my own, and yet in o...

I don’t see how your statement relates to what you quoted from me. I have never agreed that time has a start. It appears to have a start when measurin...

I’m happy to discuss whether or not we have free will if you want to dispute the validity of these assertions, for instance. If, however, you’ve alrea...

So according to you, there is no need for a discussion on whether or not we have free will. I agree.

A command implies that I have some control over what you do - consider it a suggestion. Of course, you could choose to ignore it.

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Fine. Helmet’s on - have at it. But don’t expect me to respond to you venting your frustrations. Either engage meaningfully in the discussion, or find...

As I see it, the will - the ‘faculty by which a person decides on and initiates action’ - consists of these three assertions, and as such, is naturall...

Ok, I’m intrigued: How can you choose to not exist in this situation?

This is where the main confusion with consciousness lies: because we say that a sleeping person is unconscious yet doesn’t lack consciousness, we’re d...

Not necessarily. Pool is a two dimensional game played in four dimensions, hence the need for a three dimensional ‘vessel’ to contain the play. Change...

‘Appease’ suggests a lack of agency, as if you don’t have any choice. This is what I meant by being a slave to systems. If you’re unaware of what woul...

“The absence of time does not mean, therefore, that everything is frozen and unmoving. It means that the incessant happening that wearied the world is...

Are you suggesting here that two discrete events cannot relate to each other? That if we accept that all is process, then there is no relata? Another ...

No, this is when viewed from a 5D perspective - when we do the maths and relate events outside of our own 4D perspective (ie. our physical existence).

Not contradictory, it’s just a different perspective. Instead of looking at it as demands made on your time, see it as a relationship that you negotia...

I actually think your framework is a very narrowly-focused, simplified form. There is a part of you making demands you play video games? You might wan...

Potential is timeless - it doesn’t make sense to say that it goes from one situation to another. There was never a time when potential wasn’t aware. T...

Sounds good.

I think that people, whether they recognise it or not, are driven to increase awareness, connection and collaboration. This is what leads to the great...

But the way I see it, the dog doesn’t know what its food bowl is - it may respond to ‘its food bowl’ in relation to the meaning you attribute on its b...

Here’s an attempt to articulate my view of the ‘birth’ of our universe - although it may seem vague because it is speculation based on awareness (and ...

A photon potentially exists everywhere at once until it is observed/measured by a subject, but not everywhen. It exists in both time and space - forml...

This is an interesting way of looking at self control. I tend to look at control as a perception: your capacity to do anything is dependent on your le...

I think I get what you’re saying. We can talk about ethics as relative, but if we’re planning to make use of the study of ethics, we need to discuss e...

I have a question: Given what energy/matter is in time, how would you describe its existence in a timeless state?

Haha - no, having a point of reference isn’t the same thing as being at that point of reference. We can’t fully experience (in a human way) what it lo...

I think there are very few who don’t struggle with patience in direct debate with intolerance. But in the same way as you accept diversity in other ar...

And yet time is what we experience. I’m going to recommend Carlo Rovelli’s ‘The Order of Time’ here again - it explores the relativity of time to this...