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¿Question #577?
statonv: Determinism or free will?

lordyuric: Free will
zd00: I will choose free will.
msoul01: Free will
Opie: Free will.
Caerid: Who's Will?
PsyJam: Neither. Flying Spaghetti Monster.
sevelynf: Free will
spacerx: Choices, happenstance and limitations.
MartinWin: Both. They don't contradict.
nillopillo: Free Willy.... Isn't that just a stupid movie......
sweetgotham: free willy
dlaurent: free will
nouge: No way to ever know, so pick the one that makes you feel better.
pwilz: I generally go toward determinism, but I really don't know of anyone who can well define 'free will' Joke: What did the behaviorist say after making love? "That was great for you! How was it for me!"
vandemonium: I feel compelled to answer, I don't know.
Hendal: both
LeZerp: free will - we are fuc*** this planet up all by ourselves
aleo09: humans have free will...
The Unbeliever: 42
WatchmanX2000: Ah, Valerie... You know, sometimes these dichotomy questions are just annoying, but coming from you. I'm a free will type person and believe all we are and do comes from our own choices not because someone out there has set the hand of fate in our path. However opportunity is the hand of fate and fate can bring in some interesting options for people willing to take risks and step up to the challenges. I believe in being my own person but seeing that influences from people and events I experience do have an impact, however small that may be. It seems to me everyone has a moment or two where they think the fates are piling on, but you know... if one takes that view all the time, you end up despondent, dissatisfied and unhappy. It's much better to grin and overcome than to lay down in a corner to take what's dumped on you.
Randy Cox: Free will
gmcash: free will
hjdploeg: Free will
Bakelite: Free will.
Norrmeister: Free Determinism!
shteev: I don't believe the two are mutually exclusive. If future times somehow already 'exist' somewhere, then your future decisions have already been taken... but the person who took those decisions is you. Albeit, you from the future. You can argue that you from the future ISN'T you, but then we're opening up a whole new can of worms...
jredd: The answer is irrelevant. Fate may be determined, but it is not known to us. One must make one's own decisions and accept responsibility for them.
GoLu: "If life is illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me." Thus spoke the Cimmerian.
GrandpaDave: I dunno
Myrdin T Sasnak: If I am sufficiently determined enough, I am certain I can sit through Free Willy again, but I would only do it under protest. Or if my life depended on it. Or if I wanted a quick nap.
DHEK: Free will hands down.
elirlandes: Free will. Always.
DGSI: BOTH...dont get me started you will get a whole disstertation from me
mrspank: Free will. Which means no deity is involved either.
Beyak: Free will, (if I'm given the choice)
buffalospynovel: there is no hand on the wheel
cowdog: free will
Ogma: free friggin' will, baby!
Nils: Neither. Quantum mechanics prohibits determinism, but certainly our minds are slave to their respective brains.
Dweeb: We're all doomed
engdy: Mixture of both
bkindt: Free will
fulgor2140: determined will
vampywife: a little bit of both
vetinari7878: Free will
Nekura: Free will
jasta6: free will.................given by God.............
confuse_a_cat: There's also compatibilism.
MartinTrouman: Most definitely Determinism
Roja: either
hellsbishop: free will
harmony: compatabilist
Kazin: Free will
Stephen Glenn: As if there were a choice.
Whirlinghurly: Free will
bigbadsteve: free will
ZombyDawg: Velocity and Direction or Exact Position?
LemonyFresh: I'd have to choose free will, as a hedge.
Fawkes: Free will.
SenorOcho: Determined will?
scriptorum: In real life, free will. In GeekQuestions, condemned to answer silly questions until my fingers pop off.
Famous Mortimer: Free willy.
jll1024: Free will.
_Kael_: I'm determined to have a free will
ctalbot: Free will.
Dr. No: The answer would be too long.
javelin98: Free will
mats-k: Neither.
GuyHill: free will
Karlsen: Free will
motoyugota: Free will
consolewa: Determinism AND free will.
POvidiusNaso: Both.
davedanger: both
lwheeler: neither: random chance
ginn5j: free will
2amp: both
kimapesan: Free willie.
Nomadik: free determinism
ssmooth: Sure feels like free will from here
Gecko23: In regard to what?
Ludocrazy: Free will
ikeafetishist: free will. otherwise, i choose to not play tic tac toe.
skrutsch: to the death?
TaliaIsabelle: Free will
fehrmeister: Free will
sbszine: Determinism.
thoia: free will
Belash: free will... hahaha
Lord_Prussian: both
melissa: free will
snoozefest: free
nexttothemoon: Determinism.
Bearcat89: God gave us the free will required to screw our lives up.
kennyb: i choose determinisim
puffinge: Always go with the orca whale.
gnomehome: If I have no free will, then how could I be morally culpable I wonder
DenverWolf: Free Will
RandallPeek: Neither. And both. I think it is impossible for either extreme to exist in a polydimensional universe.
Edbryan: free will or was my response determined?
Tim Synge: Free will.
AlorielLelyn: Somewhere between
dietevil: Free will, although our choices are influenced by our environment, we aren't controlled by it.
tragicpoet: Free Will, otherwise why try?
UhhhClem: I think Heisenbergian uncertainty is the hole in determinism that lets in free will.
Cavedog_pdx: Providence
m_r_tyler: Free will
sdownin: Life would be meaningless if the events of our lives were pre-determined. I choose to believe in free will.
Grimwold: "You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice. If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill; I will choose a path that's clear I will choose freewill."
Snooze_uk: Free will.
Mordachai: A bit of both.
Nightmare: Free will - it's pre-determined
CDRodeffer: Yes
Scott Tepper: free will
PghArch: Free will
WasQ: a deterministic free will
Glamorous Mucus: Free will - but I was programmed to say that.
geberus: free will
djlg: Free Willy!
chaddyboy_2000: Free will.
louiseh: Determinism, but the effect is just the same.
BobDodgerBlue: I choose Free Will
tardibean: is there something in-between?
IngredientX: When I've done something good, free will. Something bad, determinism.
Shakar: Free will.
TD2008YDS: determinism
shumyum: If I refuse to choose, have I still made a choice?
Melantha: Free Will.
MisterCranky: Free will, unless otherwise determined.
jttm: Middle
Jim_P: Depends on the relativistic Physics you believe in... but I lean towards determinism
Mike A: Free will.
kimbo: Free will. Determinism is a cop out.
sumo: Free will (I hope)
Aldie: Free will.
Blackwind: Free Will
Critical Mass: preknown free will
Debate: There is no such thing as free will, only an accumulation of past experiences leading to inevitably predictable outcomes given sufficient information.
yossarians: Free Will (you knew I would say that)
ctskas: Free will. Maybe. I think. I'm not sure.
berserkley: free will
BeyondMonopoly: I believe that life has both. It's like a game of Poker. Determinism is the hand you are dealt, and free will is how you play it.
WonderCinz: Free will.
ScottBecker: Free will.
CortexBomb: Free will but not as people normally understand it, as many aspects of our reactions are determined by prior events. Free will as such would be utter chaos
ValJor: I'll take free will, thank you
shotokanguy: Do I have a choice in my answer? I'll go with free will.
Flyspeck23: Free will.
CheetohFingers: yes
TamiWhitsett: yes
skelebone: Determinism and behaviorism.
ynnen: Free will with subtle nudges
statonv: Determinism...our "choices" are a result of our experiences, our genetics, and the environment.