<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:36:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/determinism/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Determinism and Creativity and why we're so fuzzy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Human creation, like this very text, is the output of a complex network of chemicals, reactions, re-reactions, electrical signals, and whatever it is that compels me to write this sentence. I can't describe]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170744/@holoz0r/determinism-and-creativity-and-why-were-so-fuzzy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170744/@holoz0r/determinism-and-creativity-and-why-were-so-fuzzy</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170744]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holoz0r]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:05:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqhwpbL1z7d759zr73oB9RjjYskDhsoGojWPfRm1ZP7wovTqGMJx7xWz17tmz2E3sgqyCNBpATAhvGXwx8YZvddjsX6nEo993WGHNhabyirHe3Zx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do NOT F%ck with Determinism!]]></title><description><![CDATA[How to understand and deal with anxiety of women? Hey Stefan Hope all is well Have you and your daughter been on any adventures? Father daughter memories? What’s something you’d like to experience with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/reason/@stefan.molyneux/do-not-f-ck-with-determinism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/reason/@stefan.molyneux/do-not-f-ck-with-determinism</guid><category><![CDATA[reason]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefan.molyneux]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:01:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVqFVvkXVUAoK1UTyuAcKVtuKoBoGgigMcZVSv9CB7CruEtuMHoAgydeS9TZow9AzjUiB5eDAyc9ym6g9S9KWztXwFdQiYrzqUuomVFusCGANxn9WjFc43rQPXefDGg6y8cea?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Philosophy of Determinism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can we predict future events and actions; and do we have free will? Determinism is the concept that all events, including human decisions and actions, are predetermined. This article explores the concept,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@learningpages/the-philosophy-of-determinism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@learningpages/the-philosophy-of-determinism</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[learningpages]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:29:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHsBbWo94kS2YtAuSyqJ5juUVspKPk6hKk1wzjQNVWGZ7bSiZjCkVzq2G4wtismzwSJmpqTPwV5RDsBsVJHVHLiYSxwmJZP62j9Cigtzerkhr2eb9sYS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Determinism Murders Virtue!]]></title><description><![CDATA["Tell me what I'm missing: I don't think it's the position of determinists that the person they are debating is incapable of changing their mind. All they say is that your unenlightened perspective]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/reason/@stefan.molyneux/determinism-murders-virtue</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/reason/@stefan.molyneux/determinism-murders-virtue</guid><category><![CDATA[reason]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefan.molyneux]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 21:47:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKabaf2rRAavg5nG6iLEhos6pFCYbmn9LWmPcU6kCq5xP6Gk2x7dYSShsAg7FYMheNiZK4sWRTtFNUdsnGW4rLmtGsuXgJeRVWWfWBfCAYukYXnVVQEcgRFiBkaYerkgSWD8RLtXuKH4M3zJS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[do you believe in free will, and why/not?]]></title><description><![CDATA[tldr - The text discusses the concept of free will and its relation to determinism and causality. The author experiences the consequences of not having a belt, illustrating how seemingly minor factors]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/freewill/@hive-192993/do-you-believe-in-free-will-and-why-not</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/freewill/@hive-192993/do-you-believe-in-free-will-and-why-not</guid><category><![CDATA[freewill]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hive-192993]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 23:30:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJD9LKQ1BG3NbSyKTowh8wnMyt99adUDY3cVf94CWk6bWjARmbdcqqa5a2DaKAkDCiRn8UJGfPiFXmZn2JrAdFzL51gTwx7i1QsnsjTRMnxCkv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Epistemological Foundations of Positivism: Attacks on Positivism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prompt: failed promises of modernity, painting, a landscape, HDR, UHD, 64K Source We will conclude the first chapter of Paul G. Hiebert's book by identifying both internal and external attacks against]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/the-epistemological-foundations-of-positivism-attacks-on-positivism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/the-epistemological-foundations-of-positivism-attacks-on-positivism</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173575]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kopiko-blanca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:30:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqrKE4fj96vyHe4Njamm5JNDmXZDcwEdEDQoBN4WE93K2cVAzgi7AhqurGmvjzsNgYviAzWCgriTeHP83iwccKTXN1KRNTvgspKiyipAuVZTU7HQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding Human Nature]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thank you to (Jonathan Franzel) for sponsoring this video. Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction & Foundations 00:08:29 Human Nature in Popular Culture 00:17:26 An Occult Sciences Approach 00:24:12 Holistic]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-123394/@freedomvibeart/nommuqpw</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-123394/@freedomvibeart/nommuqpw</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-123394]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[freedomvibeart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 18:55:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfKKVdjVeEiPAh3zFyV31GtUfKDLtZboJyzp4GLtygFNewXn1u2u6YcduoyBefu1nmj694JfEhJSYHG2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Determinism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Determinism is true, we can't actually judge people for stuff they had no influence over, life feels like we can control every decision while every decision in the end is predetermined. Only way out of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/determinism/@computergenie/determinism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/determinism/@computergenie/determinism</guid><category><![CDATA[determinism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[computergenie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2022 06:31:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tabula rasa vs Libertarian free will. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm somewhat perplexed that I know people who are (rightly) critics of the concept of tabula rasa who are also proponents of libertarian free will. Yes, most philosophers are compatiblists; so, I'm only]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@flexbooth/tabula-rasa-vs-libertarian-free-will</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@flexbooth/tabula-rasa-vs-libertarian-free-will</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flexbooth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:41:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Gk2nmMzZsWTf3jiuBqhaSSwYDaq6VEfW5ibqJb57BZRtkGxpcmvsvgTSqFXkgzyJveWNtJauiyMWgtPqFHvd7HJPjgcufMGbZr7aFe5WBWrj2HFJ6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you believe in libertarian free will?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you believe in libertarian free will? As in the sense that you have the power of contrary choice in any given scenario? I.e. choosing between chocolate or vanilla ice cream I do not believe man has]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-120019/@anthonyadavisii/do-you-believe-in-libertarian-free-will</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-120019/@anthonyadavisii/do-you-believe-in-libertarian-free-will</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-120019]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[anthonyadavisii]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2021 23:22:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Determinismus vs freier Wille]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ich habe unter einem Artikel eines Wissenschaftlers/ Deterministen einen sehr guten Kommentar entdeckt: Als Wissenschaftler ist man folgenden Weg gegangen: Man hat Systeme untersucht und festgestellt,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121566/@woelfchen/determinismus-vs-freier-wille</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121566/@woelfchen/determinismus-vs-freier-wille</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-121566]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[woelfchen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2021 17:27:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4YgZAUM46ACQ3i5R1XGBA8WmoBT9HMitxCANnN1en7RfkQE5SEVzeKegBtUw6mcaJxCukUvRYjivrFHgkHGaCu6HLFxHWDNqGM57bFdn5g6jR4c2Gv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Determinism and free will.]]></title><description><![CDATA["You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm." - Sam Harris When Christopher Hitchens was asked if he believed in free will, he simply replied, "I have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@flexbooth/determinism-and-free-will</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@flexbooth/determinism-and-free-will</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flexbooth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2020 11:50:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDDAkyqgrWe7KyyRHXzeiP1CJfhMppnSKMZVKJNX5Ea9ZKnAK9AYPVhAUwabUm4uYMJzovQeLPFfL91Z4isDFRLgSA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you get to choose who you are?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Free will has to be among the weirdest concepts. We take it for granted whilst simultaneously not talking it for granted. We feel, at a gut level that we have free will and base a lot of our behavior and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@nooses/do-you-get-to-choose-who-you-are</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@nooses/do-you-get-to-choose-who-you-are</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nooses]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2020 02:28:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPaYV4kTz4GCveAWxV8mUAgE6jg7PzdvQBoGn97TMw5BrrqK543e93tP6AQbkxPta9aJpFEDYpnz1XQA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some thoughts on causality]]></title><description><![CDATA[Something I've been most interested in lately is presentism, the philosophical theory that states that only the present exists, and that the past and future are therefore unreal. The reasons are purely]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@vieira/some-thoughts-on-causality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@vieira/some-thoughts-on-causality</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vieira]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2020 20:21:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeLuau3m8MumiUXfA7eZTW31v33oUtB9pXeiLqw3U3raGCebQVyCAaSYB6cejqUCfvUZ3r6TtYz9YnyWbKQXDTUZC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Determinism, my thoughts...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Determinism is a philosophical doctrine that holds that every physical event, including human thought and action, is causally determined by the unbreakable cause-consequence chain, and therefore, the current]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@enrique89/determinism-my-thoughts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@enrique89/determinism-my-thoughts</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[enrique89]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 16:20:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDDAkyqgrWe7KyyRHXzeiP1CJfhMppnSKMZVKJNX5Ea9ZKnAK9AYNuNTg9RUTZAfmMczaftFLuur1RFYq7EU4zsRoU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Damn. That's too fucking similar! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[These cycles just fuck with my head right now. Especially this one, which just seems like the same but one level up (x10). Seems waay too deterministic. Probably self-fullfilling prophecys. Especially]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@luegenbaron/damn-thats-too-fucking-similar-rctngkx0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@luegenbaron/damn-thats-too-fucking-similar-rctngkx0</guid><category><![CDATA[economy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[luegenbaron]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:59:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixEeAyNVe2VVUfB3QgdsCwne1eTuSSr8ZF8eLJNzisrVV3xo5bSPhjzXXNm96v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Tyranny of Existence]]></title><description><![CDATA[For most of eternity I did not exist. During that time there was no me to know anything, or to care about anything, or to worry about anything. And so, that was the only time that I was at peace. Then,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@davldross/the-tyranny-of-existence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@davldross/the-tyranny-of-existence</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davldross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2019 05:01:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Determinism Paradox]]></title><description><![CDATA[When contemplating determinism, a philosophical theme that many feel ruined the second Matrix movie, many find it almost nihilistic in nature. I can certainly see how that comparison can be drawn and why]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@clayboyn/the-determinism-paradox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@clayboyn/the-determinism-paradox</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clayboyn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2019 20:48:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJD9XBwWJKLERP1DRYRRWtXMZhnLj2y7RfHygrqVH92nuYjp6BVWQ2s2HRZaj16GmXYXuRZnHUhRQN59xRy8RBYpGY5CWwdot8b4f6EfKhoM8J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Steven Pinker is wrong about Linguistic Determinism.]]></title><description><![CDATA[In his book, The Language Instinct, Steven Pinker has an entire chapter that doesn’t falsify but mocks and ridicules the Theory of Linguistic Determinism. I am a soft Linguistic Determinist. I know that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@joxua-luxor/why-steven-pinker-is-wrong-about-linguistic-determinism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@joxua-luxor/why-steven-pinker-is-wrong-about-linguistic-determinism</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joxua-luxor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2019 06:20:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovX9fxNMqMqVVwTLAnMRqNfsG4TUVaDpFFVjjXrCEaNKz3uCHxVm2TemCrexEe18GK3DHgCK4AoerurTDgUxb9pWy?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny, Determinism and Free Will]]></title><description><![CDATA[#philosophy #noeticscience #tribevibes #steemmonster #utopian #mindbodyspirit #indymedia #promo-steem #teamsteem #news #wisdom #truthbombs #determinism #destiny #freewill #consciousness I discuss my thoughts]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@krishool/destiny-determinism-and-free-will</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@krishool/destiny-determinism-and-free-will</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[krishool]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 08:14:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eLkKEUQLvgWv9R53HXX1rKWc195ZZpRi2zJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>