Grognor comments on Rationality Quotes June 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Grognor 05 June 2012 02:08:13PM 0 points [-]

Interesting reaction. I shall admit that even though Eliezer's free will sequence was intellectually convincing to me, it did not change my alief that free will just isn't there and isn't even a useful allusion. So this is going on my reading list.

Comment author: [deleted] 05 June 2012 06:27:46PM 1 point [-]

it did not change my alief that free will just isn't there

What? You are clearly anticipating as if you have control over your actions, or you would not have attempted to type that comment.

(assuming you are acting approximately like a decision maker. Only agents need to anticipate as if they have free will)

Comment author: Grognor 05 June 2012 08:57:23PM 0 points [-]

No, it just happened. You're underestimating the degree to which people can have different aliefs.