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Dylan16807today at 3:44 AM1 replyview on HN

If everyone would make the same choice, then free will doesn't exist. It's only one step away from what you said.

And sure what you said is irrefutable in the sense that it's impossible to collect evidence about it. That's generally a bad sign for theories.


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katzgrautoday at 12:12 PM

The role of cause and effect is unshakeable.

> If everyone would make the same choice, then free will doesn't exist. It's only one step away from what you said.

I didn't say anything about free will. "One step away" is where you went, not me.

If you believe free will and determinism are logically incompatible, that's your own theory to prove.

I'm simply saying that everyone would make the same choice given the exact same circumstances and starting conditions.

To believe anything otherwise is magical thinking, and basically implies a moral superiority to someone else.