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Supposedly traditional ISP's have tons and tons of lawyers and filed every single step of the way to stop Google from intruding on their local monopolies.

True true, but if there is genuinely quantum randomness, then the reactions those atoms go through aren't predetermined, so the initial conditions could be on an individual basis, but not the long term.

I never meant to imply it was. I was simply stating that with a hyper advanced understanding of chemistry it's possible that everything in the universe could have been predicted up to this point by an infinitely well programmed/powerful computer or whatever. Because in my head, that's theoretically possible, it's also possible everything is predetermined, not by some grand scheme or designs, but just predetermined by random chance.

Apologies if I'm using the incorrect phrasing.

God having a plan vs. everything being calculable to us is practically the same thing, no? Either way, it's still best to act within your moral framework, religious or atheist because it's just better to be a good person. I think me calling it a dilemma for either side is a stretch.

Yeah. It's a fair take, and this is generally what I was getting at.

I think you can have this same dilemma as an atheist as well. I'm personally agnostic as I don't have the knowledge to make a decision.

If we are all just atoms moving/reacting, surely everything we'd ever do would be predetermined by the initial reactions/vectors/forces at the big bang. I know there's quantum randomness and stuff, but it's possible that's all calculable and we simply don't have the means to calculate it. If that's the case, IMO we still have freewill because we can't predict the future, and it's still worthwhile to move forward doing our best to be good people.

Sure, but I feel like he deserves props for refusing to go along with Jan 6 knowing full well Trump was okay with him being lynched by his mob. One of the scarier aspects to me was him refusing to get in the car with the secret service, presumably because he was scared of where Trump's secret service were going to take him.

Edit: I forgot to make it clear. He's an awful human being with awful evil beliefs, but at least it seems like he's not a fascist, just a christo-nationalist. :l

Big agree. We'd definitely be getting a Model Y if it wasn't for the dogshit leadership. Instead, we are waiting for the Rivian R2 to actually come out.

Based.

You're right. I should have said "his son" instead.

I literally don't care about the Hunter pardon. Trump pardoned Russian spies. I think pardoning a child for a dumb drug offence is fine. 🤷‍♂️