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Alicorn comments on Open thread, 11-17 August 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Alicorn 11 August 2014 09:29:39PM 2 points [-]

I independently conceived of determinism and a vague sort of compatibilism when I was twelveish.

Comment author: ahbwramc 11 August 2014 11:03:32PM 2 points [-]

I remember being inordinately relieved/happy/satisfied when I first read about determinism around 14 or 15 (in Sophie's World, fwiw). It was like, thank you, that's what I've been trying to articulate all these years!

(although they casually dismissed it as a philosophy in the book, which annoyed 14-or-15-year-old me)

Comment author: sediment 12 August 2014 10:55:17AM 1 point [-]

Good one! I think I also figured out a vague sort of compatibilism about that time.