[MD] Free Will

[Steven Peterson]

Hi Ron,


> Steve said:
> ...I can only believe something if I actually think it is true. Clearly we don't
> choose beliefs freely. In fact there is no "I" outside of such value patterns.
> Rather we ARE our beliefs (as well as our other patterns of preference.)
>
> Ron jumps in:
> I agree, but that is not to say they are determined, set in stone, unable to
> change.

Steve:
Right. Beliefs are not at all set in stone. Intellectual patterns are
the least stable of static patterns.