Kurt BellDec 31, 20193 minSTOIC POETRY | Ulysses' Ride - A will-less venture into new lifeExploring the livelihood and consequence of living with an awareness that free will may be a quite compelling illusion.
Kurt BellSep 18, 20193 minSTOIC POETRY | My first time using faith...September 18, 2019 Dear Eric, I weaponized faith for the first time yesterday. Well, maybe that's too strong a word. But that's how it...
Kurt BellSep 2, 20193 minSTOIC POETRY | Agent in a vacuumSeptember 2, 2019 Dear Eric, How much vacuum - if any - is necessary to discover free will? How much of the "substrate" of the universe
Kurt BellAug 31, 20192 minSTOIC POETRY | Acquiring a position of faithAugust 31, 2019 Eric, You're not going to believe this... But I've become one of the faithful. Yup. It happened yesterday, about an hour
Kurt BellAug 30, 20193 minSTOIC POETRY | A ripple upon the seaAugust 30, 2019 Dear Eric, I've written to you a few times on the subject of free will - or rather, my perceived lack thereof. I've a thou
Kurt BellAug 29, 20192 minSTOIC POETRY | Explaining "The Pirate Ride"August 29, 2019 Dear Eric, Let me try to explain The Good Life principle I call "The Pirate Ride." Imagine yourself on an amusement park att
Kurt BellAug 28, 20193 minSTOIC POETRY | The Homunculus meets The Pirate RideAugust 28, 2019 Dear Eric, So, if we don't have free will, then what do we make of this parade of a seemingly free and willful life?
Kurt BellAug 26, 20192 minSTOIC POETRY | Giving in to fancyAugust 26, 2019 Dear Eric, My suspicion that free will is an illusion is a curious specimen. You know how I don't like resting my hat on i
Kurt BellAug 15, 20192 minSTOIC POETRY | The illusion of free willAugust 15, 2019 Dear Eric, I think I've made up my mind regarding free will... I don't think we have it. I think free will is an illusion