Everything in the universe may be preordained, according to physics.
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71 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln 19 May
Deep-down, I'm a believer in determinism. I think most physicists are.
Yet, as doing this made (my) life somehow pointless and depressing, I decided to believe in free will. Yes, I know it is paradoxical to talk about decision in this context, but it's the best I can do. Now I can freely read books by Tim Ferris or other self-help gurus and think I have control over what I do today and tomorrow. But in the end, I know I don't, yet I decide to believe I do.
It's true what they say. There is bliss in ignorance.
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @quark 19 May
True. And once we step out from ignorance, it is very difficult to go back. But yeah, let's not get depressed. Or at least more depressed. I believe in fighting determinism. Decisions made by conscious beings are chaotic. I want to believe in chaos.
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