[Lee Merrill]
Yes, our reasoning is fallible, I acknowledge this. Though I wouldn’t call an imperfect conclusion, valid reasoning.
OK, so Lee Merrill’s argument is not that imperfect processes like those in evolution could not produce the reasoning that we see in humans and animals? I thought that was his argument.
[Lee Merrill]
Well, “it is not a stretch” is not very convincing!
I do not expect to convince Lee Merrill – I am not that wildly optimistic.
I was just trying to understand what he was saying about evolution.
People do believe they are agents
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The courts agree,
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Only the materialists think this is a delusion.
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It reminds me of Hinduism,
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Why should I believe you, or the Hindu?
OK, so Merrill really wants to have the Same Old Argument About Free Will.
Count me out – I was just trying to understand what his argument was about evolution.