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There is no such thing as an "uncaused cause" ( free will ).

From Jeff-Relf.Me @.
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Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy, sci.physics, alt.checkmate
Subject There is no such thing as an "uncaused cause" ( free will ).
Organization usenet-news.net
Date 2018-09-04 12:46 -0700

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> > A robot might select an apple over an orange,
> > but that doesn't mean it has "free will" ("the uncaused cause").
> 
> How is an "uncaused cause" different from randomness?

There is no such thing as an "uncaused cause" ( free will ).

All of history, every lesson ever, every advance, tells me:

  Randomness is ignorance, nothing more.

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    There is no such thing as an "uncaused cause" ( free will ). Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-09-04 12:46 -0700
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