I think arguing about Free Will is a waste of time, so I'm going to make this brief. Free Will is purely an invention of people who don't understand the laws of cause and effect, or it is redefined into meaninglessness. Additionally, it adds no value to our conception of the world or of humans.
Just because the idea gets me mad, I'll ask this question to Free Will supporters: if you had a robot, a human, and a chimp, and they all did the same thing when exposed to the same stimuli, how could you tell which had Free Will?
If they all acted differently, would you be able to tell which one had Free Will?
In other words, how can you tell if something has Free Will? And if you can't tell, what value does the theory have?
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Character Details
The following is a list of things to consider for characters in my Supers Role-Playing Game, but most of them apply to any character in any RPG, and, in a larger sense, to characters in fiction in general.
Realistically, you should have some life skills that aren't skills relating to being a super or murdering people. Most jobs have some sort of skill involved; if you don't have any talents at all, you should have an appropriate history: convict laborer, slave, person locked in a trunk, Security Monitor, that sort of thing.
- Where did you get your Powers?
- What is your opinion of your own Powers?
- What is your relation to the state? (Criminal, Government Tool, etc.)
- What is your relationship to the "Super Community" and the "Normals Community"?
- What are your plans and goals?
- Do you have a Super-Identity? ("The Weasel", "Ape-Man, etc.")
- Do you have a Costume or a distinct Appearance?
Realistically, you should have some life skills that aren't skills relating to being a super or murdering people. Most jobs have some sort of skill involved; if you don't have any talents at all, you should have an appropriate history: convict laborer, slave, person locked in a trunk, Security Monitor, that sort of thing.
Sunday, September 02, 2007
GURPS Martial Arts
I finally have GURPS Martial Arts. It is very good. Like all of the 4th edition GURPS books, it has a bunch of sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, quotes from other media. This one may have the single best quote in any book to date.
Anyway, PCs in any game I'm running should stay on the lookout for hook-sword wielding ninjas and clowns dealing out Flying Atomic Wedgies for the next few months.
PS.
Last post was no. 250! Only 3,132 to go until no. 3,382!
Anyway, PCs in any game I'm running should stay on the lookout for hook-sword wielding ninjas and clowns dealing out Flying Atomic Wedgies for the next few months.
PS.
Last post was no. 250! Only 3,132 to go until no. 3,382!
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