> Looking fwd to reading your book, Pat :)
>
> Determinism vs Free Will is a biggie, for sure; but i'm curious...why
> would decisions we could possibly make be material to the physical
> universe at cosmic scales, as distinct from our cognitive universe and
> cosmic neighbourhood?
>
The butterfly effect/perturbation theory. Make a small ripple (the
flapping of a butterfly's wings, for example) somewhere and a storm is
created at a distance from the perturbation. In just such a fashion,
all the events in the past have led up to your post and my reply and
the entire universe henceforth depends upon them. Every event in a
space-time continuum is vital because they all already exist within
the whole. This is basic Special Relativity although it is a
philosophical application that Einstein didn't want to get dragged
into. His personal response was the very short, "Free will is not
compatible with space-time." I strongly suspect that, as a physicist,
Einstein didn't want people to focus too much on the philosophical
implications of his theory as much as the physical implications; had
he been a philosopher, it might have been the other way around.
> On Jun 6, 10:44 am, Pat <PatrickDHarring...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Jun 1, 12:59 pm, "leerevdoug...@googlemail.com" <l...@rdfmedia.com>
> > wrote:
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> > > Hey RP,
>
> > > This is the closest I think you and I have ever gotten to agreement on
> > > this issue.
>
> > > God has made you a partner in his will and it is your God Granted
> > > choice to accept this partnership or not. Another word for this is
> > > 'Freewill'.
>
> > LOL!! Do you REALLY think that an omniscient and completely wise God
> > would leave any man to make a decision in His universe based on a
> > profound ignorance of the whole? I wouldn't trust any human to make
> > any decision on which the rest of the universe depends...and THAT is
> > exactly the situation we are in: the entire future of the universe
> > (spatio-temporal cones and all that!!) rests in our hands at every
> > 'supposed' decision point. Surely, it would be immensely unwise to
> > allow a human baby, for example, to make a decision however basic it
> > might be. Even after 70 years, the human is still a baby in
> > comparison to God and God's understanding of the universe. Besides, a
> > space-time continuum precludes free will. When my book comes out,
> > physicists will be forced to concede this point (Einstein and
> > Minkowski did over 100 years ago!) and, with any luck, you'll take
> > THEIR word for it.
>
> > > On May 31, 6:31 pm, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > The Will of God is not visible and one's nature is not a single
> > > > entity--good or bad , rather one's nature contains both good and bad ,
> > > > the super-ego and the id. It is in one's hand to follow the good
> > > > prompting of his nature or the evil in him. It is your choice , do
> > > > good in the interest of longterm benefit or the bad for short-term
> > > > gains.As to the Will of God , He has made you a partner in His Will ,
> > > > you have to choose, act with reason or follow your impulses like a
> > > > madman.
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> > > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Pat <PatrickDHarring...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > On May 31, 5:24 pm, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> Whatever a man does he is bound to do as the Will of God is supreme,
> > > > >> but a person is not a robot. The " I " is an active agent and it is
> > > > >> the individual who taking control over his nature does good in this
> > > > >> world and on letting himself go does the bad. Strength of resolve is
> > > > >> inherent in every person , some use it a lot, others let their
> > > > >> impulses rule most of the time. It is in man's hand to keep his nature
> > > > >> under control , and again in his hand to let it run amok.
>
> > > > > I agree with one exception. Actually, it's more of an inclusion. An
> > > > > individual must discover their nature before taking control of it.
> > > > > Then the rest follows...good or bad. For example, I fully believe
> > > > > that Charles Manson DID discover his true nature and STILL inflicted
> > > > > great injuries against humanity. The same for Hitler. Sometimes,
> > > > > knowing one's nature does not prevent one from doing evil but leads
> > > > > them to do it. In other words, if it is God's will that X be done and
> > > > > X is perceived by most people to be evil, X will still be done, as it
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