tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995480544618201142.post1468489224848016419..comments2024-01-17T03:10:06.828-06:00Comments on Imagining the Tenth Dimension: Hard DeterminismRob Bryantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18215892812705188148noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995480544618201142.post-7681146098259258402007-09-13T08:05:00.000-06:002007-09-13T08:05:00.000-06:00Predisposition does not control our behavior or ch...Predisposition does not control our behavior or choices. It's merely an influence from our past. A person may fall victim to this influence automatically in certain situations or through some experiences, but the ability to interpret, analyze, and choose many of our actions in ways other than building simple ideas to form complex ideas undoubtedly exists. The beginning and the end are the only Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995480544618201142.post-3804279290966475682007-04-01T13:36:00.000-06:002007-04-01T13:36:00.000-06:00This in itself is surely a Paradox. The Paradox -...This in itself is surely a Paradox. <BR/>The Paradox - <BR/>Assumption: Infinity means true infinity - all possibilities exist.<BR/><BR/>If the 7th dimension has infinite possibilities, and dimension 5 & 6 exist, all must be possible.<BR/><BR/>If all is possible then for me to not be able to kill my grandfather means that NOT everything is possible.<BR/><BR/>Therefore, the 7th dimension cannotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995480544618201142.post-90614258546161314062007-03-21T23:09:00.000-06:002007-03-21T23:09:00.000-06:00"Interestingly, the ancients knew this...."--I agr..."Interestingly, the ancients knew this...."<BR/>--I agree with Ivan<BR/>There is a old saying in Hindi(Indian language)...<BR/><BR/>light a joss-sticks and you can smell the fragnance only in the four directions...but fragnance of good work is felt in all the "ten" directions...Testhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02505682370625426421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995480544618201142.post-74686589839600722642007-02-13T17:45:00.000-06:002007-02-13T17:45:00.000-06:00Determinism looks at the issue from the wrong end ...Determinism looks at the issue from the wrong end of the barrel. I make my decisions based on my genetic predisposition as augmented by experience. (e.g. I am genetically curious, but because of experience, I no longer put my hand in flames.)<BR/>Now, with what other criteria do you want our decisions to be made? I want my decisions based on these criteria. I do not want God or the devil strandcoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12718684719006840210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995480544618201142.post-14241249765268469632007-02-10T20:44:00.000-06:002007-02-10T20:44:00.000-06:00What are your thoughts regarding broad acceptance ...What are your thoughts regarding broad acceptance of a theory which advocates the non existance of free will?<BR/><BR/>I would expect believers of Hard Determinism to throw 'brotherly love' out the window in the name of personal gain and immediate comfort since there is nothing they can do to effect change in the future. However, I suppose Hard Determinism and belief in an afterlife are not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com