Your "Free" Will is Not Free

[Jay520]

IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

The problem, as presented in the OP, is that people assume that criminals could have acted in a different way than they did. I say they did some reasoning, which is directly affected by their personal preferences and experiences, each time they made a decision. And acting against that reasoning makes no sense at all. Sure, they may even regret their decision afterwards (like, after being sent to jail...), but at the time they wanted to commit their crimes. It was worth the risk to them.

Ask anyone why they did something and you will hear an explanation, unless certain cases where the person has some mental issues, for instance. People resonates differently (just like we all have different skin colour), and how they resonate depends entirely on their brain structure and all past and present sensory input.

 

This is what I think, and how I resonate. I'm not claming to have made a groundbreaking scientific discovery, and I may very well be wrong. But I do think that my thoughts makes sense.

I'm not challenging whether or not criminals could have acted differently. I pretty much agree about that.

I'm just saying that your point that "Everyone does something for profit" cannot be trusted because it cannot be tested. With every action imaginable, there is always a few ways a person can 'profit'. There's no way of testing it. That's like me presenting an empty cup & saying, "My cup was filled with water two minutes ago". How would someone ever verify this? It's not possible. Your idea that every action someone makes is for profit cannot be tested because there will always be a few ways to profit with every action.