Re: Free Will (was Re: virus: Re: Rationality)

David McFadzean (morpheus@lucifer.com)
Mon, 10 Mar 1997 21:26:43 -0700


> From: Alex Williams <thantos@decatl.alf.dec.com>
> Date: Sunday, March 09, 1997 3:44 PM

> Clearly, this is an interesting and useful means of analyzing
> behaviour; I am, however, not sure if its really meaningful in the
> context of the current discussion. One can have `free will' in this
> cybernetic sense and the inquirers after `free will' in the more
> common one will vigorously argue the position.

Which definition has a more common sense? I would claim that mine
does a better job of predicting how the "common folk" would categorize
things into those with free will and those without.

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