Do you believe that the future is deterministic or non-deterministic? Do you believe in free will?

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/97383

Do you believe that the future is deterministic or non-deterministic? Do you believe in free will? - Divisions by zero

A very simple philosophical question that can trigger an existential crisis. Do not sue me if you do get an existential crisis, that was probably a pre-determined event… or is it? ::: spoiler spoiler I mean I personally don’t see why the universe is non-deterministic, every time you flip a coin, or roll a dice, if you knew the initial conditions and the forces applied to the coin/dice, the atmosphere, wind, etc., you could predict the results with absolute certainty. And free will does not exist. But that’s just my view on this matter, who knows what the universe really is. :::

The concept of belief is rooted in free will, is it not?
Not necessarily, no. You may believe something and yet not be free to believe otherwise.

Free will would mean that you believe in something without any ties to your environment, how were you raised up, your mental state, biological factors... etc. It would mean you started believing in something without any of those factors and just the concept of believing is predetermined by the fact that you are a human.

I don't think you can defend such a crazy ass huge concept as free will by such a simple argument. You need to start with definition, what do you understand by free will. Is it a binary state? Or is your will free only to some degree?