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  • Yeah I agree that free will and determinism aren’t mutually exclusive. Just because free will doesn’t exist, that doesn’t mean that everything is preordained.

    It’s a hard question. For example with children I try to assume that they’re doing the best(only thing) they can and judge their actions from that perspective. With people who are mentally ill or addicts I lean that direction as well but honestly it’s hard with adults.

    I truly believe that Putin and Trump are doing the only things they are capable of but I cannot forgive their actions despite them being victims of determinism, just like everybody else.

    Society needs to hold people accountable, not because it’s fair, but because it could possibly prevent others from acting similarly.


  • If i am presented with a choice, say beer or wine, I feel like I’m making an educated choice based on the circumstances and my current personal state.

    If we were to rewind time to that exact choice with the exact same parameters I’d choose the same beverage over and over again. It’s my free will, but I’m completely conditioned to choose it based of the environment, my DNA and my experiences.

    If there were to be some quantumancy happening that made me choose differently in one of those scenarios, that doesn’t make the argument for free (controlled) will any stronger. Just that there’s some uncertainty at play.

    At the end of the day it doesn’t matter, we still need to good people accountable for their actions.


  • The amount of fucking up this here globe we need to be doing before fixing it up is harder than terraforming mars is inconceivable. Even building a small dome and making sure we have our basic needs meet is on a completely different level of complexity and resource spending than sorting things out here.

    Even when we have to move underground and scavenge for water and basic needs that’s still utopia in comparison to some mars base with what the earth would still provide us for free.






  • I was in a men’s group once for a few sessions, we talked about everything from anger issues, how to work on improving ourselves, how to handle rough parts of it relationships etc.

    It was very nice, we were all very different people with different backgrounds and problems and I believe we all got a lot out of just opening up in a group like this.

    This was hosted by the Swedish organisation Man which exists to help men with all the issues modern men are facing, hoping to combat toxic masculinity.

    Personally I think a mixed group would’ve worked for me but I am pretty sure some of the people, especially the ones with violent history, felt more secure in a men’s only scenario.