[MD] experience

[Case]

[Craig]
IMO, the "form of determinism" for humans is that of self-determinism, i.e.,
choice.  If the amount of money you offer me to eat worms is sufficient, it
is because I have decided that it is.

[Case]
Don't get me wrong here I am a fan of free will myself. But in many respects
I see that it is an illusion. As I suggested it is mainly the variety and
complexity of possible influences on us that make us seem to have free will.


For example there are causes for my aversion to eating worm. My experiences
with worms in the past. What other people have said or how they have reacted
to the eating of worms or the suggestion of eating worms. Possibly the taste
of worms eaten in the past. These would determine the extent of my
resistance to eating worm. Likewise my experiences with cash and various
quantities of cash would influence how much would be required to overcome
the resistance I have acquired.

But there are other causal factors as well. That I have a mouth to put the
worms into and a digestive system to process them should I eat them. In
short there are a variety of factors that can influence my "free will" and
the more of them I consider the less free my will seems.