Stefan Molyneux:
I've noticed that you seem to be having more difficult interactions on the board lately, is there anything going on in your personal life that might be affecting your interactions? I apologize if this is too personal, I genuinely am curious.
If this was directed to me: Thanks for you curiosity, you don't have to apologize for getting to personal ever. I can't think of anything really different. The whole free will debate (for me) connects to the debates about miracles/religious stuff with my parents, so it defenitely has strong emotional links for me. "Don't let my new rational friends sink away in contradictions, I can't do without their support, I have to convince them, I'll debate forever, there is still hope, let's try another key to this lock".
This post however was just about something I heard, I did not know an answer to and I thought I'd ask people on the board. I however got the strange sensation I walked into the ladies room from some reactions. Especially the remark by GregG:"So do you think Stef is right?" felt like their was a laser dot on my forehead. I do not particulary like that. My mind wonders of with all kinds of facts and tries out all kind of theories on their truth content, I have always been full of ideas and it is something I like about myself. I like to explore and debate them, but a feeling that one should not step out of line with party doctrine is not conducive for that. I don't mind hard citisicsm, since if I am wrong, the theory goes out of the window and we move one.
There were also some really constructive reactions that helped to solve the mystery, thanks a lot for that.
Violence has nothing with which to cover itself except the lie, and the
lie has nothing to stand on other than violence. Any man who has once
acclaimed violence as his method must inexorably choose the lie as his principle. Solzhenitsyn, Alexander