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Freewill vs Determinism with Aaron Rabinowitz

Watching Westworld

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Are You a Fatalist?

i'm having a hard time squaring a lot of things you're saying with the determineosome stuff, with your other, your other world view. How do you not slide into fatalism or predeterminism? Ye, is a good question. Because fatalism, if it literally just means predestination, then it's just a synonym for determinism. It's not adding anything to the conversation, i feel about it. Yet, when we usually talk about fatalism ate, what i think we mean is the demotivating, the psychological de motivation that goes along with finding this information out. You become fatalistic, and that sort of alters your behaviour forth worse.

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