Interesting reaction. I shall admit that even though Eliezer’s free will sequence was intellectually convincing to me, it did not change my alief that free will just isn’t there and isn’t even a useful allusion. So this is going on my reading list.
it did not change my alief that free will just isn’t there
What? You are clearly anticipating as if you have control over your actions, or you would not have attempted to type that comment.
(assuming you are acting approximately like a decision maker. Only agents need to anticipate as if they have free will)
No, it just happened. You’re underestimating the degree to which people can have different aliefs.
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Interesting reaction. I shall admit that even though Eliezer’s free will sequence was intellectually convincing to me, it did not change my alief that free will just isn’t there and isn’t even a useful allusion. So this is going on my reading list.
What? You are clearly anticipating as if you have control over your actions, or you would not have attempted to type that comment.
(assuming you are acting approximately like a decision maker. Only agents need to anticipate as if they have free will)
No, it just happened. You’re underestimating the degree to which people can have different aliefs.