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Originally Posted by lagdonk
I'm for the moment satisfied that the no-freedom pessimistic argument looks pretty sound to me.
I'm curious about the use of the term "pessimistic" here.
I can see "fatalistic" but not "pessimistic". There would really be no point in being optimistic or pessimistic if you believed everything was predetermined. In fact, there would be no real point to anything.
My $0.02 -- this is a question that pure logic is going to have trouble answering, because the root of it has to do with the essential characteristics of life and consciousness that logic hasn't explained yet. I think there are some big open questions on those topics, and they likely need to be resolved first.
I'm willing to believe the big bang necessitated the Mississippi River, but I honestly can't believe the big bang necessitated Weird Al Yankovic.