Kasz216 said:
No... there is strong evidence that people given identical circumstances will always choose the same outcome. All social and psychological sciences point to it. Ask any socilogist or psycholigst and they will tell you so. People who are identical genetic clones who have identical enviroments will live identical lives if everything is controlled for. |
People may act similar - I'm not denying that natural instincts and past experience do not play a huge role in our lives. However you cannot claim that the question of free-will has been answered (which is what you are doing) because quite simply it hasn't.
Edit: Argh, you edited your post =P. Determinism is exactly what I think it is, its that the universe follows a set path and that the universe in its current state was inevitable from the beginning. Essentially determinism is the belief that with knowledge of the current state of the entire universe one could predict the future of the universe with perfect accuracy.
Also I do not believe I am misinterpreting free-will. Free-will is the rational control of actions, the ability to make a 'choice' without it being an inevitability which path you take.
Also rather than just saying 'The sciences all show this!' can you actually post links to some scientific studies that prove free-will doesn't exist?
