Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxd!rlr From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) Newsgroups: net.philosophy,net.religion Subject: Re: Pfui Message-ID: <1499@pyuxd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 02:04:49 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxd.1499 Posted: Wed Aug 14 02:04:49 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 14:50:19 EDT References: <1276@pyuxd.UUCP> <2145@pucc-h> <1313@pyuxd.UUCP> <434@spar.UUCP> <1388@pyuxd.UUCP> <626@psivax.UUCP> <10987@rochester.UUCP> Organization: Whatever we're calling ourselves this week Lines: 7 Xref: watmath net.philosophy:2283 net.religion:7391 All you've shown is that you have to power to want to condition yourself not to do something. That happens to be great, and one of the best and most useful things about being human. I wouldn't call it "free will" though. The fact that it took time to squelch the desires and recondition yourself proves my point: you cannot simply will a desire (!) into or out of existence. -- "Do I just cut 'em up like regular chickens?" Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr