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	<title>Comments on: You do not have a choice in this</title>
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	<description>going no where much too fast</description>
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		<title>By: brian</title>
		<link>http://www.brianculler.com/golbhet/2007/07/13/you-do-not-have-a-choice-in-this/#comment-2670</link>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"What if I have no choice but to disagree?"

Then your genetics and environment and experiences up until this point could have resulted in no other conclusion, by yourself.  

"You can’t even think I’m stupid for disagreeing."

I can still think you're stupid for disagreeing all I want.  I recognize that you had no control over that stupidity, and the only possible outcome of your existence was to exist as a stupid person, but that doesn't change the fact that the current configuration of your neural brain network is representative of what we would describe as "stupid".

I'm not saying I think you're stupid, but you put out that assumption so I had to respond to it.  

"You may have been destined to make the post, but nothing about that destiny says that you were right."

What?  Of course it does.  If, as you say, it was my destiny to come to this realization, my realization is validated.  

The only way I'm wrong is if my underlying assumptions about the universe are incorrect.  Which there is no way of knowing that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;What if I have no choice but to disagree?&#8221;</p>
<p>Then your genetics and environment and experiences up until this point could have resulted in no other conclusion, by yourself.  </p>
<p>&#8220;You can’t even think I’m stupid for disagreeing.&#8221;</p>
<p>I can still think you&#8217;re stupid for disagreeing all I want.  I recognize that you had no control over that stupidity, and the only possible outcome of your existence was to exist as a stupid person, but that doesn&#8217;t change the fact that the current configuration of your neural brain network is representative of what we would describe as &#8220;stupid&#8221;.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not saying I think you&#8217;re stupid, but you put out that assumption so I had to respond to it.  </p>
<p>&#8220;You may have been destined to make the post, but nothing about that destiny says that you were right.&#8221;</p>
<p>What?  Of course it does.  If, as you say, it was my destiny to come to this realization, my realization is validated.  </p>
<p>The only way I&#8217;m wrong is if my underlying assumptions about the universe are incorrect.  Which there is no way of knowing that.</p>
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		<title>By: Josh Adams</title>
		<link>http://www.brianculler.com/golbhet/2007/07/13/you-do-not-have-a-choice-in-this/#comment-2650</link>
		<dc:creator>Josh Adams</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What if I have no choice but to disagree?  You can't even think I'm stupid for disagreeing.  And you sure can't think that you're right about it.  You may have been destined to make the post, but nothing about that destiny says that you were right.  Nothing gives you any framework for knowing what right is.

How do you know 1=1?  Just because you're causally bound to BELIEVE that that's what reason is doesn't mean it is so.

There must be some absolute truth, and "the fact that I believe 1=1" can't be it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What if I have no choice but to disagree?  You can&#8217;t even think I&#8217;m stupid for disagreeing.  And you sure can&#8217;t think that you&#8217;re right about it.  You may have been destined to make the post, but nothing about that destiny says that you were right.  Nothing gives you any framework for knowing what right is.</p>
<p>How do you know 1=1?  Just because you&#8217;re causally bound to BELIEVE that that&#8217;s what reason is doesn&#8217;t mean it is so.</p>
<p>There must be some absolute truth, and &#8220;the fact that I believe 1=1&#8243; can&#8217;t be it.</p>
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		<title>By: brian</title>
		<link>http://www.brianculler.com/golbhet/2007/07/13/you-do-not-have-a-choice-in-this/#comment-2627</link>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Faith in what?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Faith in what?</p>
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		<title>By: magic</title>
		<link>http://www.brianculler.com/golbhet/2007/07/13/you-do-not-have-a-choice-in-this/#comment-2617</link>
		<dc:creator>magic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"You do not have a choice in this"
This theory is impossible to completely prove, so is that where your faith comes into play?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;You do not have a choice in this&#8221;<br />
This theory is impossible to completely prove, so is that where your faith comes into play?</p>
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		<title>By: Matt</title>
		<link>http://www.brianculler.com/golbhet/2007/07/13/you-do-not-have-a-choice-in-this/#comment-1940</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good post, dude.  Very smart stuff...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good post, dude.  Very smart stuff&#8230;</p>
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