I have to rant for a moment or two! Please forgive me!
I recently read a philosophy blog claiming to have "cracked" the argument for "free will." It was poorly written and even worse...it had major flaws in its logic...elementary flaws...I would be embarrassed to even print it on paper, let alone put it on the Internet for the world to see...I do hope that he is not proud of that work or that he does not go around arguing that case...
I will not provide the link, or even mention this individual's name...he is not a philosopher and like many people who purport to be something and are nothing more than "wanna-bes." They give good things a bad name...
This blog is written by, what I would call an elementary school philosophy "wanna-be." He tried to logically develop an argument for freewill. If I were his professor...I would give him an "F!". In short, his logic concluded with...since we do not know all of the details necessary for us to totally understand cause and effect...then freewill has to be a valid option. I bet that he didn't realize that he said...since we are stupid...we have the right to believe in magic!
That is right...all he made was two arguments for stupidity...first that he was arrogant enough to believe that humans are smart enough to know everything to the extent that they fully understand cause and effect. That was simply an argument for how stupid mankind remains in relation to the universe of knowledge. He went so far as to quote Einstein out of context and call that an admission that mankind is incapable of understanding all of the details...therefore cause and effect does not exist...
Second his argument itself was so stupid...it stood as an example of stupidity!
It saddens me to see someone call themselves a philosopher and through their very existence bring a mockery to the science of thought...
A while back when Cray super-computers were the best thing around...a scientist was able to use all of the computing power of a network of Crays without interfering with any of the other work being done with them...HOW?
He realized that the computational power being used was always in the binary pulses of the clock. What the rest of the world had missed is that a binary pulse is the movement from 0 to +1 and them it resets from +1 to 0 to do the next calculation. He began computing in the nulls or voids. There was an entire world of computation available to him...and he tapped it...if I remember correctly...he used that available resource to calculate "pi" to some extraordinary level of accuracy...that broke some new frontiers for physicists...
That scientist was able to tap into an entire world of computational power because he was not blinded by "fact." He as able to see the world of the "nulls" and redefine computational power...that world existed before it was discovered...and remains in every PC today!
Before Columbus...(or whoever you want to believe) discovered the new world...it existed...
Many of the weather issues confronting Europe came from the new world...it was an unknown source...that didn't mean that Europe didn't have weather before the discovery of the new world...
Using that prior pseudo-philosophers argument...since we can never calculate "Pi" to its final number...it doesn't exist...
This is not the logic of a philosopher...let alone a 21st century philosopher!
It was a sad case a VERY narrow and works toward a pre-supposed conclusion, rather than looking at the world and learning new things from what we know...
My thought...
One of the characteristics that I see missing from most people that are competing for the 21st Century Philosopher title...is the perspective of Global Citizenship or Responsibility...
We still live in an age that demands global responsibility from its allies and diplomatically handles its enemies. The laws are rather obscure and non-conformance to them leads to actions that are punitive in nature...monetary sanctions...and ultimately war...
There is no basic and immutable set of global responsibilities.
More so is the lack of recognition that we have progressed beyond simple reward/punishment reactions.
Absolute DeterminismI recently read a philosophy blog claiming to have "cracked" the argument for "free will." It was poorly written and even worse...it had major flaws in its logic...elementary flaws...I would be embarrassed to even print it on paper, let alone put it on the Internet for the world to see...I do hope that he is not proud of that work or that he does not go around arguing that case...
I will not provide the link, or even mention this individual's name...he is not a philosopher and like many people who purport to be something and are nothing more than "wanna-bes." They give good things a bad name...
This blog is written by, what I would call an elementary school philosophy "wanna-be." He tried to logically develop an argument for freewill. If I were his professor...I would give him an "F!". In short, his logic concluded with...since we do not know all of the details necessary for us to totally understand cause and effect...then freewill has to be a valid option. I bet that he didn't realize that he said...since we are stupid...we have the right to believe in magic!
That is right...all he made was two arguments for stupidity...first that he was arrogant enough to believe that humans are smart enough to know everything to the extent that they fully understand cause and effect. That was simply an argument for how stupid mankind remains in relation to the universe of knowledge. He went so far as to quote Einstein out of context and call that an admission that mankind is incapable of understanding all of the details...therefore cause and effect does not exist...
Second his argument itself was so stupid...it stood as an example of stupidity!
It saddens me to see someone call themselves a philosopher and through their very existence bring a mockery to the science of thought...
A while back when Cray super-computers were the best thing around...a scientist was able to use all of the computing power of a network of Crays without interfering with any of the other work being done with them...HOW?
He realized that the computational power being used was always in the binary pulses of the clock. What the rest of the world had missed is that a binary pulse is the movement from 0 to +1 and them it resets from +1 to 0 to do the next calculation. He began computing in the nulls or voids. There was an entire world of computation available to him...and he tapped it...if I remember correctly...he used that available resource to calculate "pi" to some extraordinary level of accuracy...that broke some new frontiers for physicists...
That scientist was able to tap into an entire world of computational power because he was not blinded by "fact." He as able to see the world of the "nulls" and redefine computational power...that world existed before it was discovered...and remains in every PC today!
Before Columbus...(or whoever you want to believe) discovered the new world...it existed...
Many of the weather issues confronting Europe came from the new world...it was an unknown source...that didn't mean that Europe didn't have weather before the discovery of the new world...
Using that prior pseudo-philosophers argument...since we can never calculate "Pi" to its final number...it doesn't exist...
This is not the logic of a philosopher...let alone a 21st century philosopher!
It was a sad case a VERY narrow and works toward a pre-supposed conclusion, rather than looking at the world and learning new things from what we know...
My thought...
One of the characteristics that I see missing from most people that are competing for the 21st Century Philosopher title...is the perspective of Global Citizenship or Responsibility...
We still live in an age that demands global responsibility from its allies and diplomatically handles its enemies. The laws are rather obscure and non-conformance to them leads to actions that are punitive in nature...monetary sanctions...and ultimately war...
There is no basic and immutable set of global responsibilities.
More so is the lack of recognition that we have progressed beyond simple reward/punishment reactions.
The 21st century philosopher must take into account discoveries from the sciences to ensure a relevant scheme. It was much more simple to create a philosophical school when the world was narrow and infantile. Our knowledge of the world around us has become broader and deeper...that puts an entirely new standard on any epistemology.
The simple concept of cause/effect and the discoveries in physics and cosmology along with the human genome project and psychology put philosophy into and entirely new context. One that is essential to continuous improvement of our society and a step towards future existence...
Consider that fact that all causes and effects determine the physical world as we know it and that there is no other option.
"It is what it is..." becomes a fact...
Since the motion of matter at the moment of creation...there was no other set of options...
Anything that "Matters" (pun somewhat intended) was predetermined...
We delude ourselves into believing that there are options...
Our present is totally determined by the past...and the future by a combination of the past and the present...
The 21st century philosophy must account for the fact that we are where we at because of the almost infinite chain of cause and effect from the past...
That chain is no isolated and independent....but globally large!
Some of the interactions that created one's make-up may have occurred galaxies away...
The materials within our bodies were created within stars...long dead!
Those atoms made their way into our solar system and on to the earth...and then into your body...
The global awareness...in fact universal awareness...is critical...
Our actions and reactions can affect others continents away...in fact...millions of years from now...perhaps life on some other planet!
We are caught within a chain of cause and effect...
Freewill?
I do not know...
I can make a case either way...
I do not know if it matters...as long as the decisions that are made are the right ones...
The 21st century philosophy should be less focused upon whether or not freewill exists and more focused upon making the right choices...which I believe are really the only thing a person has an obligation to do...
The simple concept of cause/effect and the discoveries in physics and cosmology along with the human genome project and psychology put philosophy into and entirely new context. One that is essential to continuous improvement of our society and a step towards future existence...
Consider that fact that all causes and effects determine the physical world as we know it and that there is no other option.
"It is what it is..." becomes a fact...
Since the motion of matter at the moment of creation...there was no other set of options...
Anything that "Matters" (pun somewhat intended) was predetermined...
We delude ourselves into believing that there are options...
Our present is totally determined by the past...and the future by a combination of the past and the present...
The 21st century philosophy must account for the fact that we are where we at because of the almost infinite chain of cause and effect from the past...
That chain is no isolated and independent....but globally large!
Some of the interactions that created one's make-up may have occurred galaxies away...
The materials within our bodies were created within stars...long dead!
Those atoms made their way into our solar system and on to the earth...and then into your body...
The global awareness...in fact universal awareness...is critical...
Our actions and reactions can affect others continents away...in fact...millions of years from now...perhaps life on some other planet!
We are caught within a chain of cause and effect...
Freewill?
I do not know...
I can make a case either way...
I do not know if it matters...as long as the decisions that are made are the right ones...
The 21st century philosophy should be less focused upon whether or not freewill exists and more focused upon making the right choices...which I believe are really the only thing a person has an obligation to do...
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