Given all shit compatabilism receives, is there really any legitimate refutation to determinism?

Nice passive aggression. I prefer a simple fuck you asshole myself, but whatever.

As for compatibilism, I have no problem with their being as many flavors as there are individual philosophers. I have neither the time nor inclination to dignify what I view as mostly intellectual garbage with a flawless treatment. I don't dignify creationists or flat earthers either.

The major offenses of 1) redefining ancient and crucially important terms, 2) lying about doing so with an agenda, and 3) failing to admit basic facts about the role that demonstrably false ideas play in society both now and throughout history are more than enough to disuade me from engagement. If this hot mess of garbage were not present, I'd be more than happy to focus on the nuances of how moral accountability and responsibility can exist in our deterministic/probabilistic universe.

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