• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    At least here in the US, a person’s zip code of birth is a huge indicator of their success and life trajectory. That, to me, would seem to indicate that free will is bullshit.

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      57 minutes ago

      why would that be a problem for free will?

      all it shows is that we cannot freely choose everything, it does not prove that we are not ever able to freely choose.

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      4 hours ago

      Hmm almost as if free will isn’t some magical ability to remove yourself from any disadvantageous situation, but a fundamental liberty to choose how you act in response to said situation and see in it a metaphysical meaning that transcends cultural ideas like success? Damn, wouldn’t that be crazy. If only that was true, could you imagine?