Posted by Shadowfox

Says the one who took the time to write out a long ass paragraph

You always seemed to get banned but its not a surprise seeing all of your off topic and inappropriate posts.  

Posted by Pimpsy G.

I agree with his idea, I agree that determinism is absolutely real and that humans do not have free will because of it. Although, I believe that determinism does not matter at all. If you could show me what crime I was going to do in the future predicted by some complex program, I wouldn't do it because I now know what choices I was going to make. There is no way to tell me my future without changing it.

And what if it was predetermined that the complex program would predict said crime, and your avoidance of the crime was the true predetermined event?  

Posted by Talon

And what if it was predetermined that the complex program would predict said crime, and your avoidance of the crime was the true predetermined event?

Word.  

this is like religion all he said she said since nothing can be proven or confirmed  

To people who are saying you don't like Determinism because it means your life is set in stone... Without even going into whether it is true, it's really not that scary.

It just means that every action you take has a cause. As thinking/sensual beings, we never do anything randomly. We act based on our personality, our memories, our current location, and how we are feeling at the time.

That doesn't mean anybody is forcing us along some path we have to take. It just means that our actions are, in theory, predictable by who we are and the world around us. The only one who is constraining us is ourselves.  

Sounds like someone needed an excuse to get out of something so came up with this.