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I Have Free Will, You’re a Deterministic Cog
Submitted by mhstahl on Sat, 2012-09-08 00:00
"In general, we attribute volition to ourselves by pointing to the internal factors which make us hold a given belief, but prefer to think that others hold opposite beliefs because of external factors (stating that someone is an imbecile also contributes to this, insofar as it implies gullibility, vulnerability to intellectual manipulation, and thus a certain degree of lack of agency). I chose to believe what I believe, they’ve never “really” chosen."
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