tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post1975762222941950963..comments2024-02-06T03:23:37.329-08:00Comments on No Jesus, No Peas: Free will and hot peppersJames Sweethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212877636980569324noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post-30301067565720594782012-04-25T06:41:27.962-07:002012-04-25T06:41:27.962-07:00I think the pepper analogy captures the issue quit...I think the pepper analogy captures the issue quite well. <br /><br />I would have put it like this: "Hoo boy, that's HOT!" a naive representative of society-at-large exclaims. <br /><br />"Well, it's not *really* hot, it's just capsacin. But it *feels* hot - and that's the only kind of heat worth having," replies Dennett. <br /><br />Then Harris, Coyne, etc. interject. "It's not hot!"<br /><br />The disagreement is just a political one: all parties agree that the peppers aren't really hot, and the question is just the best way to communicate that to people. I would suggest that a variety of approaches are warranted.Tyle Stelzighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12950590908966127944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post-64930538367364307662012-01-10T07:15:55.917-08:002012-01-10T07:15:55.917-08:00No objection from me.
If everybody would look the...No objection from me.<br /><br />If everybody would look the other way for a little while, "accidentally" leaving a conveniently placed cutting implement, I would stroll over to our collective dictionary and amputate "free" from "will".<br /><br />It would still be hard work to treat the metastasis.Svlad Cjellinoreply@blogger.com