I have sort of unlearnt how to think of free will in a nondeterministic sense. As such, I tripped over the part where you said there were “arguments against free will.” Like, yes of course the sensation of volition is produced by a deterministic, predictable process; how else could it be about the deciding process? Aboutness only exists in causal systems.
A more interesting question may be what the sensation is for? What part of our high-level cognition depends on noticing that we are making a decision?
This post will make more sense if you read the linked post by Eliezer at the top. In it, he asks you to identify a “cognitive algorithm” by which the very idea that there is a debate between “free will” and “determinism” feels like it makes psychological sense.
There was a comment here, but I completely wiped it because it was too confused.
Sorry, but I can no longer participate in the free-will debate. Apparently I have unlearnt how to think in that particular broken way. Anything that has to do with indeterminism relating to choice is no longer legible to me.
I have sort of unlearnt how to think of free will in a nondeterministic sense. As such, I tripped over the part where you said there were “arguments against free will.” Like, yes of course the sensation of volition is produced by a deterministic, predictable process; how else could it be about the deciding process? Aboutness only exists in causal systems.
A more interesting question may be what the sensation is for? What part of our high-level cognition depends on noticing that we are making a decision?
This post will make more sense if you read the linked post by Eliezer at the top. In it, he asks you to identify a “cognitive algorithm” by which the very idea that there is a debate between “free will” and “determinism” feels like it makes psychological sense.
There was a comment here, but I completely wiped it because it was too confused.
Sorry, but I can no longer participate in the free-will debate. Apparently I have unlearnt how to think in that particular broken way. Anything that has to do with indeterminism relating to choice is no longer legible to me.