:27:02
That old drunken fart
of a judge!
:27:05
What a pompous ass!
:27:07
Judge not lestye be judged!
:27:11
All of you pukes are gonna die the day
I get out of this shithole!
:27:20
I guarantee youll regret
the day you met me!
:27:26
In a way, in our
contemporary world view,
:27:28
It's easy to think that science
has come to take the place of God.
:27:31
But some philosophical problems
remain as troubling as ever.
:27:34
Take the problem
of free will.
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This problem's been around
for a long time,
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since before Aristotle
in 3 50 B.C.
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St. Augustine,
St. Thomas Aquinas,
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these guys all worried
about how we can be free...
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if God already knows in advance
everything you're gonna do.
:27:48
Nowadays we know that the world
operates according to some
fundamental physical laws,
:27:53
and these laws govern the behavior
of every object in the world.
:27:56
Now, these laws, because
they're so trustworthy,
:27:59
they enable incredible
technological achievements.
:28:02
But look at yourself.
We're just physical systems too.
:28:05
We're just complex arrangements
of carbon molecules.
:28:07
We're mostly water,
:28:09
and our behavior isn't gonna be
an exception to basic physical laws.
:28:12
So it starts to look like whether it's
God setting things up in advance...
:28:15
and knowing everything
you're gonna do...
:28:17
or whether it's these basic
physical laws governing everything.
:28:20
There's not a lot of room
left for freedom.
:28:22
So now you might be tempted
to just ignore the question,
:28:24
ignore the mystery
of free will.
:28:26
Say, "Oh, well, it's just an historical
anecdote. It's sophomoric.
:28:29
It's a question with no answer.
Just forget about it."
:28:33
But the question keeps staring you
right in the face.
:28:35
You think about individuality,
for example, who you are.
:28:38
Who you are is mostly a matter
of the free choices that you make.
:28:42
Or take responsibility.
You can only be held responsible,
:28:45
you can only be found guilty
or admired or respected...
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for things you did
of your own free will.
:28:51
The question keeps coming back, and we
don't really have a solution to it.
:28:54
It starts to look like all your
decisions are really just a charade.
:28:57
Think about how it happens.
There's some electrical activity
in your brain.