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To: arun gera who wrote (74149)	11/25/2010 1:34:24 AM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation of 74559

Well, if you are going to cut to the chase on the basics of physics Arun, I'll go along with you on the lack of free will. I don't subscribe to the randomness idea that anything can happen [at a quantum level and therefore at a macro level]. The laws of physics are not suspended at the quantum level, they are just indeterminate from our point of view. God does not play dice. But if we use the expression "free will" as per common usage where we consider the variables arrayed against us and make choices among those options, then our mental degrees of freedom are stupendously more vast that an ant's which has a limited number of neurons and mental options. Ant's don't have ethical ideas or Virtuous Victorian Values and don't even know where apostrophe's should be. We can reasonably call them retards. Hmmm, good idea. I'll give it a go: <Try not getting old! It is a losing battle... > I'll start tomorrow because the trends I observe in my physiology are not necessarily to my advantage. Speak for yourself. I'm not a slave of my hormones: <We are slaves to our hormones and our DNA too > The number of hormones I have left is hardly enough to get me out of bed in the morning, let alone turn me into a rampaging ape. It's strength of will against gravitational forces which brings me to SI to enlighten TJ to truth. It's a tough project, that's true, but somebody has to do it. Hawkmoon can't do it alone. It's true that our DNA gives us a basic design, but there is such a thing as "mind" which is run within the DNA setup. Our minds have degrees of freedom of quite impressive proportions; compared with earthworms and ants rather than any absolute maximum. Compared with the theoretically possible extra-somatic intelligence, I admit that my mental capacity is closer to that of an ant or perhaps an amoeba. But let's stick with the garden variety living things so that we can feel good about ourselves [ignoring unfortunate hints about our ancestry such as hairy forearms, prehensile fingers and fur raising in fear] Mqurice

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