ing quiet ing night here tonight.
Women always tell me that until they met me this was their general feeling about men.
ing quiet ing night here tonight.
No ing .
Damned if spellcheck doesn't always change his name to cornholio...
Oh la oh la ay!
The hills are alive...
Horry! istonight. Don't y'all think?
I think you should yourself ashbeeigh. Who give a what Horry is like.
That was taken out of context.
*yawns*
From the valley of the jolly HO-HO-HO Silver and Black Giant!
Silver Black is no giant. She is beautiful!
Pray show me where I said thus to the contrary?
Why can't a giant be beautiful?
Such a statement should be grounds for immediate dismissal from the forum.Horry! is
Awww....
It was a joke.
midge is about to get the beat out of him by offended giantesses.
How can I get me some of that action?
I would love to be dominated by a lovely tall mexican chick.
I want SilBlack to spank my ass.
"Yet the concept of determinisim, even the 'less than 100% variety, is troubling because it seems to require that we abandon our belief in free will. If every event is caused, so the argument goes, then how can one course of action be freely chosen over another? The psychologist would reply that if determinism is not true at least to some degree, how can we ever know anything about behavior? Imagine for a moment what it would e like if human behavior was completely unpredictable. How would you decide whether to marry Ed or Ted? How could you decide whether or not to take a course from Professor Jones?
Of course, there are multiple factors influencing behavior, and it is difficult to know for sure what someone will do at any one moment. Nonetheless, behavior follows certain patterns and is clearly predictable.
[...]
Concerning the matter of free choice, the positivist philosopher of science Rudolph Carnap argued that free choice is meaningless unless determinism is true, because choices should be made on some reasonable basis and there can be no such basis for a choice unless the world is lawful to a degree. According to Carnap, without "causal regularity... it is not possible to make a free choice at all. A choice involves a deliberate preference for one course of action over another. How could a choice possibly be made if the consequences of alternative courses of action could not be foreseen?" In short, Carnap argued that the idea of free choice has no meaning unless determinism is in fact true. Thus, deciding between Ed and Ted as a marriage partner makes sense only if you know certain things that are predictable about them (e.g., Ed is more reliable). Deciding whether to take Professor Jone's course might hinge on her reputation for being predictably fair in treating students.
Most research psychologists believe that the issue about the existence of free will cannot be settled one way or the other by science. Rather, whether the choices we make in life are freely made or not is a philosophical matter, and our belief about free will must be arrived at through the use of reason (perhaps supplemented with reflection on our experiences and/or the ideas of authority figures). However the issue is settled, it is clear to researchers that in order for choice to have any meaning for humans, events in the world must be somewhat predictable. Thus, when the psychologist investigates behavior and discovers regularities, this does not eliminate or even limit human freedom. Indeed, if Carnap is correct, such research may actually enhance our ability to choose by increasing our knowledge of the alternative."
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I love Top Cherry.
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