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chordalkeyboard on Feb 16, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Libet experiment doesn't disprove free will (2...

This needle is threaded by contemplation of what it means for someone to “choose.” If one freely chooses whatever one wants, then one has free will but one will always choose their desires.

taneq on Feb 16, 2021 | [–]

I tend to drive that relation backwards - what people choose is what they ACTUALLY want (out of their given options).

B1FF_PSUVM on Feb 16, 2021 | [–]

... and if the desires were foreordained ...

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