That is, they think all of their decisions were preordained, and then use this to claim that they can’t be held responsible for anything they do.

  • Diplomjodler@feddit.de
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    2 years ago

    Why would we want to do that? Why believe things for which there is no rational basis?

    • enkers@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      2 years ago

      You can have a rational basis for a belief without empirical evidence (Russell’s teapot, for example). The reason you’d want to do that is to simplify the model of reality you’re working with in order to reduce the number of contingencies you need to account for.