Comment by blkholsun on 16/09/2024 at 03:46 UTC

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View submission: Explain how compatiblism is not just cope.

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Libertarians take it as a given that we must be different from everything else in the universe and operate by a different playbook. I take it as a given that this is unlikely to be true, and I see no reason *why* it should be true.

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Comment by diogenesthehopeful at 16/09/2024 at 05:48 UTC

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If you don't want to see a reason then you probably won't see one. That is basically the way a faith based opinion works. Quantum mechanics is not going to make any sense until you abandon this premise. It has been working fine for almost a century. Heisenberg was given the Nobel prize for it in 1927 so that is about 97 years ago. Applied science didn't really get going until the 1940s so maybe 80 years if I'm being as generous as I possibly can be. Once a nuclear bomb was detonated there was no denying the veracity of quantum mechanics. Solid state electronics and nuclear reactors being used to generate electricity came later because we didn't want Nazi Germany to get the bomb before it was defeated. Therefore that drove a sense of urgency.

Comment by No-Diamond-2235 at 16/09/2024 at 04:46 UTC

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same.👍