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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.philosophy
Subject: Re: Free Will. Free Lunch. Free Software.
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Date: Wed, 11-Jul-84 19:36:08 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 11 19:36:08 1984
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> What difference does it make if we have free will or not? We
> certainly are unaware of anyone [AnyOne] pulling our strings, in
> the sense that all our moves are planned beforehand, and we're
> just acting out. It doesn't seem important, or possible to
> resolve. How would we ever know that some Puppeteer was up there?
> Presumably our dance steps would not included ever meeting Him.

Lack of free will does not imply determinism or a determining/controlling
agent.  Our actions may be a result of biochemical/physical processes rather
than something "willing" those actions, but that doesn't make them any
more "pre-determined".
-- 
Now I've lost my train of thought. I'll have to catch the bus of thought.
			Rich Rosen    pyuxn!rlr