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submitted 1 year ago by rikudou@lemmings.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it's actually pretty popular.

Do you have some that's really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?

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[-] smellythief@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The free will myth is especially damaging, as it steers people away from pragmatic solutions and towards blame and punitive policies.

[-] BigNote@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Fully agree. Unfortunately we are a very small minority.

[-] seeyouatthepartyrichter@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Free will is wholly incompatible with our modern understanding of physics but nobody will listen because they simply don’t like it.

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