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If you have freewill then how did I get you to read this post?

GerryHatric 5 Nov 19
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Simply because I decided, using my freewill, that I would read it.
Just the same as exercising your freewill allowed you to make the post.

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A better question might be, "If you don't have free will, how did you write this post?"

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Addiction 😉

Varn Level 8 Nov 19, 2018
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I can't read!

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Some of you are talking this post much too seriously. 😀

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How did you get me to read this post exactly? Yes, I read a post you made, but saying you got me to read it is disingenuous. It would be just as logical to say I got you to look at a tree today, or I got you to drive on a road today (I contribute oxygen to the atmosphere, and tax money to support roads via international trade). Just b/c you have an effect doesn't automatically imply you had an affect.

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I suppose by a certain logic....you got me to read it because if you hadn’t written it I couldn’t have read it....but that does not confer on you the ability to make me read it. I scroll down the new posts and randomly select a few that may interest me...you got lucky that’s all. I do have free will, and to illustrate that fact I will now move on to the next post which may be more interesting.

You should read Sam Harris "Free Will" - now that is interesting.

@GerryHatric I have.

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You didn't. I read everything, including the small print on labels. Not always enlightening, amusing, or satisfying, but I can't know in advance, so I read first and ask questions later.

A very slippery answer.

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You have special powers.

I knew you'd say that, but thanks anyway.

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