Scientific determinists make the most outrageous claims to certainty. Take the article No, You Don’t Have Free Will, and This is Why. This article is a critique of scientist Roy F. Baumeister’s argument for free will. In the refutation, the following is stated as fact:
Life is completely explained by the “facts about carbon atoms”, “gravity and electromagnetic charges” (and the other fundamental forces).
Is it really? Are you certain this isn’t, like thousands of similar claims that have come before it, false, or only a partial truth? Here are some possibilities:
The hubris of stating as fact that we understand everything about atoms, fundamental forces, and all emergent properties caused by them, is staggering.
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