thoreau said "the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation" not emerson.
any way,
the universe is infinite, unbounded, but held within one moment,
singularity. held within one moment, this moment can be divided infinite
times. 0,1. the space between 0 and 1 is infinitely divisible. this is a
paradox. existence is a paradox, the best joke ever told.
it is deterministic in so far as all possibilites MUST BE expressed. that
has already been determined, is being determined, will be determined, etc.
it is free in so far as we can "choose" from among these infinite
possibilites. what you can achieve depends upon your determination (haha)
to achieve it.
On 8/31/07, Jonathan White < jwhite2341%40yahoo.com">jwhite2341
yahoo.com> wrote:
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>
> --- Jesse Booth < jesse6895%40yahoo.com">jesse6895yahoo.com <jesse6895%40yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
> > That's because those who fail to understand and
> > control their environment are controlled by it -
> > Quoted by Jim Diamond.
> >
>; Henry Ford once said whether you think you can or
> can't you're right. That could be expanded, for many
>; of the ancient wise men up to the present believed,
> "As a man thinketh, so is he." Choice (free will) is
> involved and we make the world to fit our vision of
> it, even if we choose to believe there is no choice or
> free will.
>
> Part of an idea's definition is not just what it is
> but what it is not.
>;
> For instance, a mother turkey has no free will. Its
> natural enemy is the polecat. It will fight it on
> sight. Its mothering instinct is triggered by the
> cheeping sound of its young, not by sight or any other
> trigger. An experiment was conducted, where a tape
>; player with the sound of a baby turkey inside a
> stuffed polecat and the turkey tried to mother it.
> This is an example of no free will.
>
> With today's headlines it is sadly becoming evident
> that mothering instinct in humans is not to be taken
> for granted.
>
>; Emerson said most men live lives of quiet desperation.
>
> Statistics indicate that more than 95% of the populace
> lives as though there were no free will and blames
> anything from DNA, environment or fate as a
> satisfactory explanation for mediocrity.
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