ot. free will

[FlyerInHi]

Maybe free will is like free lunches.

[njtosd]

This sounds a lot like a discussion of the theology of John Calvin. He believed in predestination, as did those who followed his teachings (such as the Presbyterians – whose fun filled lifestyle would have appealed to Brian). People spent their lives trying to figure out whether they were the good ones or not (and also liked pointing out the ones who were “bad” because it improved their own odds – sound familiar Brian?).

[The-Shoveler]

The Adjustment Bureau
Just kidding sort of.

[CA renter]

Good post, zk. That’s pretty much how I see it. We might have some choice, but that’s within a larger framework over which we have no control. Not sure that qualifies as free will.

[scaredyclassic]

i choose you, pikachu.

personally i feel like i am the master of my fate and the captain of my soul…

[The-Shoveler]

That’s what your supposed to think.
LOL just kidding.

Just wait until they can use “positron” communication LOL

Feynman, and earlier Stueckelberg, proposed an interpretation of the positron as an electron moving backward in time,[15] reinterpreting the negative-energy solutions of the Dirac equation. Electrons moving backward in time would have a positive electric charge. Wheeler invoked this concept to explain the identical properties shared by all electrons, suggesting that “they are all the same electron” with a complex, self-intersecting worldline.[16] Yoichiro Nambu later applied it to all production and annihilation of particle-antiparticle pairs, stating that “the eventual creation and annihilation of pairs that may occur now and then is no creation or annihilation, but only a change of direction of moving particles, from past to future, or from future to past.”[17] The backwards in time point of view is nowadays accepted as completely equivalent to other pictures,[18] .

[The-Shoveler]

I heard One physicists describe time as a sort of permanent record we just have the illusion of moving through.
And yes this is going down on your permanent record.

[njtosd]

Very interesting experiment supports idea that our brains rewrite our recollections to convince ourselves that we had control over an outcome: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/what-neuroscience-says-about-free-will/

[svelte]

This starts playing in my head every time I see this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hH15UhALQw

[NotCranky]

[quote=svelte]This starts playing in my head every time I see this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hH15UhALQw%5B/quote%5D
Love that song.

I just keep thinking about how I get to use my free will to eat my share of Challah bread and scaredy’s too ( since he’s all strict and stuff on white flour and sugar).
I like to dip it in pure, and probably not Kosher maple syrup and, have it with copious amounts of coffee.

[Rich Toscano]

[quote=svelte]This starts playing in my head every time I see this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hH15UhALQw%5B/quote%5D

Yes! A Rush reference on piggington… my life is now complete! 😉

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=njtosd]Very interesting experiment supports idea that our brains rewrite our recollections to convince ourselves that we had control over an outcome: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/what-neuroscience-says-about-free-will/
[/quote]

I wonder how that reconciles with Horatio Alger’s bootstrapping. Like “Fix your f’ing life. Pull yourself up by the bootstraps; with a healthy dose of elbow grease and American ingenuity, your life will become f’ing awesome.”

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=Blogstar][quote=svelte]This starts playing in my head every time I see this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hH15UhALQw%5B/quote%5D
Love that song.

I just keep thinking about how I get to use my free will to eat my share of Challah bread and scaredy’s too ( since he’s all strict and stuff on white flour and sugar).
I like to dip it in pure, and probably not Kosher maple syrup and, have it with copious amounts of coffee.[/quote]

I did eat one piece of bread in the last 30 days, it was too nice to pass up, came with some soup I ordered. Also I had one order of rice one time. But t hats it. I’ll try to tighten up till July 1.

[svelte]

A piece of bread here and there is not a bad thing. I think diets work best if you have a “cheat day” where you can eat what you want. That keeps cravings from getting out of hand.

Even with one cheat day a week, I’ve hit my weight loss goal and actually am struggling to keep weight on.

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=svelte]A piece of bread here and there is not a bad thing. I think diets work best if you have a “cheat day” where you can eat what you want. That keeps cravings from getting out of hand.

Even with one cheat day a week, I’ve hit my weight loss goal and actually am struggling to keep weight on.[/quote]

This is about creating the optimum mouth environment for gum repair, not weight. I’d eat anything if I thought it would help my gums. I’m convinced flour is bad for the mouth. Even one piece irritated my left rear gum.

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