David,
Much of your argument seems a tautology to me. It seems like you are telling
me that you have choice over the things you have choice over. You say that
you can't fly(flap your arms and fly, of course), but you can go running
tomorrow. But could you go running if at running time a loved one was rushed
to the hospital, and you were called to be there? It would physically
possible for you to run, but it would be actually impossible for you to do
so. You may say that *you* could go running if you wanted to, but I will say
that I could not. If my mom were in the hospital, and I received a call just
as I was about to go jogging, I could not make any other choice than be by
her side. My environment would have made the choice for me.
When I roll a 6-sided die, it certainly will not come up 7. However, if a 6
is rolled, was that 6 pre-determined? Science would say that if we had known
all the forces acting on the die, we could predict the outcome.
Your environment selects your decisions for you. We know that is true to
some degree. If you have an IQ of 75, you can not choose to be a Theoretical
Physicist. Why should we also believe that you have any choice about
punching your kid brother?
But lets jump off topic to Quality for just a second. Isn't it Quality that
selects all of our choices for us?
And here is the Koan: If there is no soul either within or without, what
chooses?
My answer is: The fan blows the cool breeze.
>>David Lind Writes: Are you looking for an answer based upon what
seems the fairest? Or what seems the most attractive? A different
person given the same info (you have no choice) can find that
extremely free-ing- "Wow! No more decisions!" or vice versa. It
seems that the answer should be in what explains things the best, not
that which we like the best or makes us more comfortable.<<
No David, as a Sophist I would say sometimes that which makes us the most
comfortable is the best answer. It is of higher Quality from time to time to
tell my wife that she looks a little thinner.
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