Not in my opinion. I find it as simple as this: Do I make conscious decisions on my own "free will" or are all my actions simply planned out for me, a part of some big, albeit buggy, program. If you don't believe in free will, then who wrote your "program"? Perhaps we are all just reacting to our environment, but personally I find this notion extremely depressing as it also implies that our very existence is in effect meaningless. But hey, whatever floats yer boat.
There are, of course, other larger issues, like consciousness. Or even ones perception of beauty, (i.e. why do I prefer the color blue over green?). Will my computer prefer pink? Damn, I hope not!
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Not in my opinion. I find it as simple as this: Do I make conscious decisions on my own "free will" or are all my actions simply planned out for me, a part of some big, albeit buggy, program. If you don't believe in free will, then who wrote your "program"? Perhaps we are all just reacting to our environment, but personally I find this notion extremely depressing as it also implies that our very existence is in effect meaningless. But hey, whatever floats yer boat.
There are, of course, other larger issues, like consciousness. Or even ones perception of beauty, (i.e. why do I prefer the color blue over green?). Will my computer prefer pink? Damn, I hope not!