Veeky Forums, I have a philosophy of science question. Is there anyone who can tell me about the morality of predicting things?
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William Butler
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Nathaniel Torres
Need more info.
but in a non deterministic universe (as we at the moment understand it as) no prediction with moral consequence is 100%
or are you talking about abortion due to possible gene caused retardations?
as i said more info needed
Jeremiah Taylor
No, that's good, I'll give more specifics.
Let's go over a deterministic universe first, it simplifies things. We'll do morality of simplification after.
Adrian Martinez
And, you know, explain some general themes first.
Benjamin White
Sooo put differently if you would die tomorrow, would you want to know?
Now more interesting thing is: If you can know anything about a person and what happens to him/her would you tell?
For me in this case i'd precieve it as imorral, since you remove the illusion of free will and choice
Jacob Phillips
Why would you want an illusion of free will anyway though? Don't people prefer things be predictable, in general?
Adam Garcia
Predictable yes but everything set in stone and prewritten without the chance to change?
Levi Reyes
I suppose you could ask people first: do you like predictability. If they say yes, you should just go ahead and tell them, you're helping them along after all.
Daniel Jones
Why yes, what's wrong with that? It's exactly like living in a book you've already read.
Christian Walker
But then it had better be a book you would love to read twice. So as long as you have a good life, it's not bad if it is predictable.