RishiRahul
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The way I see it, fate and (pre)determinism are not the same. Predetermination means that everything has been decided in advance. Which would also require an ultimate decider/planner which then brings us into another ontological dilemma. Fate just means that events follow/evolve according to a certain order. That order is Law of Attraction. Apart from that everything happens spontaneously.
So let's say you throw a ball. That ball, as soon as you let it go is going to follow a certain trajectory which can be calculated in advance and as soon as that ball is in the air you won't be able to change that trajectory. We could say that trajectory is fated. However, when you throw that ball, how fast and therefore how far you throw that ball, into what direction you throw that ball or if you throw that ball at all is not predetermined and therefore cannot be calculated in advance. All we can say is that there's a lot of potential and possibilities for someone who has a ball in his hands and based on our previous performances maybe even a lot of probabilities can be seen and predictions being made. Similar with astrology and all those other tools.
Then why is that one can tell the difference between fate and free will?
The ball story= once he ball has been thrown it is thrown.
Supposing that if it is not thrown or something else can be remote thinking too.
What if the basic nature of the person & how the emotion & environment affecting was already calculated as a complex mathematical matrix & arrived at?
Maybe most would hate the idea, while a rare few would tolerate or accept it. But the normal mind is comfortable with the easier or soothing belef...
RishiRahul
RishiRahul