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Welcome. Worldwide, social institutions fail to meet many modern needs of their populations. This phenomenon is rooted in the neurologically mediated illusion of so-called "Free Will"(FW). Despite exponential advances in science and technology, the poor performance of traditional social and political institutions implicates FW as a key, underlying flaw. Yet, ironically, FW remains the unquestioned philosophical paradigm implicit in essentially all strategies dealing with today's complex social problems. And since leaders believe that FW actually exists, they must vainly struggle to find workable solutions. What's worse, they do not even look for real causes because none are suspected beyond merely the "bad choices" that people make. Therefore, the long-standing myth that certain social problems are unsolvable exposes FW as ironically fatalistic. The ramifications drawn from the FW myth are incompatible with a vast, ever-growing and reproducible body of empirical knowledge about humanity. The overwhelming evidence reveals humanity to be an intrinsic component of the universe--not apart from it. Thus, to maintain FW as a paradigm for public policy making is an increasingly expensive, often cruel, and consistently futile endeavor. But, in this group, we share visions of a better world, one built upon a scientifically based model. We are interested in advancing the concept of Naturalism and how it may be applied to promote superior social reform, and to reduce suffering. The realization that FW is merely a seductive illusion embraces the genuinely promising reality of our determined universe. When minds begin to open to this we discover that there are indeed more wonderful things on earth, and in the rest of the cosmos, than were dreamed of in the mind of any prophet who has ever lived. Please join us in exploring this enlightened philosophy, with its profound ramifications for our species, and how, together, we can help create a saner, more compassionate world.
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Searle on the Mind-Body Problem
John Searle's book on this subject is probably more popular than most others, and is available in Kindle format. Anyhow, it seems that determinists are in good
Posted - Fri Apr 26, 2013 5:10 pm
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Robert Kopp
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The Laws of Nature as a God.
Hi my name is Moses and I was wondering what you all thought about me saying that the laws of nature can be viewed as a god. If I said that the laws of nature
Posted - Sat Apr 6, 2013 11:18 pm
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Moses Lark
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Determinism hi
almost cannot believe it..what do you think http://bit.ly/VMJwIQ Robert [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Posted - Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:05 pm
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Robert Kopp
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Re: God, predetermination & free will
... From: Jack ... Hi again Jack. ... Yes, makes perfect sense to me. When you add the strange way in which sensory data is interpreted by our "subjective
Posted - Thu Dec 6, 2012 12:08 pm
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D. Winslow
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Re: God, predetermination & free will
... From: Jack To: determinism@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 12:11 PM Subject: [Determinism] Re: God, predetermination & free will Hi Dave
Posted - Thu Dec 6, 2012 10:38 am
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D. Winslow
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