[MD] Natural or supernatural?

[david buchanan]

David M said:
All existence is about choice, perhaps not always conscious choice, but 
choice, choices between what is possible, which means we go along one path 
and abandon all others. Have you never abandoned any possibilities in your 
life Mr DMB? ...If there is no choice then there is only mechanism. Any use? 
Or are you still just a mechanist? Best wishes, of course, you may choose to 
disagree or find this trivial.

dmb says:
Sorry, but I just don't understand what you're saying. Its not that I'm a 
mechanist or deny that life is full of choices and possibilities, I just 
don't see what the point is in asserting it. I can't even agree or disagree 
with what you're saying because, beyond the vague platitudes, you don't seem 
to be saying anything at all. Yea, we make choices. We do some things and we 
don't do others. I ask you in all seriousness, sir, so what? Doesn't the MOQ 
address freedom and determinism in a completely different way, if that's 
what you're getting at? In that case, most of our choices are NOT really 
free but rather are a matter of selecting one static option over another, 
while real freedom entails following DQ.

And I still don't see why "the possible" should be construed as something 
supernatural or how it can be equated with DQ.

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