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khaaan · 4611 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ask Hubski: Does God's omniscience preclude free will?

i imagine it's a two way process. But then when you break down your life what are all your choices about? in the end you either get short term gain or long term gain from them. Do i eat this or that? Do i go to college or get a job now? do i have sex with this person or that person? all choices boil down to instinctive survival patterns.

More abstract choices you could argue are playing out a pattern ie What shall i watch on TV is just an echo of choice but we perceive it as some kind of proof of existence. in reality we are no more than plants robots if you like.

but that doesn't explain rockets to the moon but i think that is more a social consciousness or part of the economic subconscious.

i have no scientific evidence myself to back any of this up

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thenewgreen · 4610 days ago · link ·

all choices boil down to instinctive survival patterns. I don't think this is true, if it were then why would the answer to your question "Do I eat this or that" often end up with someone eating horrible food that is detrimental to their survival? We are no longer a species that deals primarily with survival, we've found ways to be able to take such things for granted. We are a society whose primary decisions revolve around want and not necessity. I think this is a substantial differentiator between us and plant robots. -Which by the way, I don't think is literally all that far off. Maybe Cyborg Insects first.