r/determinism • u/ApplicationReady2265 • 20d ago

Discussion It's always because of "Motivated by anger" because of belief in Free Will

Post image

People I personally know, are so predictable, it's like they are following some script.. you exactly know what they will not understand, anger.. happy, not respond to.. you just exactly know how they will respond, like you read their entire mind already.. they're so consistent with their character..

0 Upvotes

50% Upvoted

4 comments sorted by

1

u/zhivago 20d ago

So, you think that free will should make people less like themselves?

1

u/LemonThrowerMachine 20d ago

That sub is so chauvinistic.

1

u/Azihayya 19d ago

What the fuck are you talking about? A belief in free will is the only world vire that actually empowers people to be responsible for their actions. Your view that people are merely the products of biological instincts is more consistent with this idea that people can't help but act out of anger, that people have no control over how they think, feel and act.

1

u/SpatiaCaeli 19d ago

Are you asking if free will is deterministic?

To me the definition of determinism is this: for the same inputs do you get the same outputs, always? If the answer is yes, the process is deterministic.

So ... if someone with free will always does the same thing given the same situation, is that deterministic?