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Comment · 26 days ago
A "slippery slope" fallacy might be what you're thinking of.
Comment · 2 months ago
Comment · 3 months ago
No, it only asks if the app requests the internet permission.
Comment · 3 months ago
Have you tried PHA? Supposedly it's truly biodegradable and a viable alternative to PLA in many cases.
Comment · 1 year ago
We can find "neural correlates" of consciousness, but nothing we do right now can prove that experience/awareness is taking place somewhere other than where oneself is experiencing/being aware.
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 2 years ago
The tension between, and variation of, predictable and surprising elements in music are clearly important to it's enjoyability.

But to reduce the pleasure of listening to or playing music to "music is easy to predict therefore it feels good" seems overly simplistic.

Maybe you didn't intend to make that reduction, but your comment comes off that way, to me at least.

Comment · 2 years ago
But what is the experience of "asking yourself something" like for you if you don't literally hear a question being asked in your head?
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
No, you can't hear the difference, let's collectively move on, please.
Comment · 3 years ago
Even if hard determinism is true then the act of 'communicating a logical argument' is still part of the deterministic chain of events and could potentially influence the beliefs and actions of others.
Comment · 3 years ago
why not?
Comment · 3 years ago
> The very concept of “evidence” requires free will.

Interesting idea, I'm a bit sceptical but would love to learn more about this argument. Where does it come from?

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