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William Hobba

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    William Hobba got a reaction from Boydstun in "How do I know I'm not in the matrix?"   
    Interesting take.   Would the Turing test now being passed make any difference?
    https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27762088#:~:text=The 65-year-old Turing,London that it was human.
    Thanks
    Bill
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    William Hobba reacted to William O in Is there any Objectivist literature reconciling free will with physics?   
    If we acted deterministically (or at random), there would be no free will. It would not matter whether the deterministic (or random) elements forcing us to act as we do could ever be isolated by scientists. Moral principles would have no authority in the counterfactual scenario you are proposing.
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    William Hobba reacted to Lawrence Edward Richard in Can Self-Insufficient Millennials become real Objectivists?   
    Hey there Bill, I know exactly what you mean. I look at my earlier permissiveness and assumption of good intent from other people as an automatic given, with depression.
     
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    William Hobba reacted to MisterSwig in Feynman And Ayn Rand   
    Definitions exist within a context of knowledge. If you don't know what "talking" means, then you're probably not worth talking to.
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    William Hobba reacted to softwareNerd in Global Warming   
    Yes, but it isn't clear if someone like him would make a difference to general public-opinion on the topic today. 
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