Thoughts must be predictable. Do you agree?

Question

If no thought is without a generative principle, then thoughts must be predictable.
Do you agree?

Answer 1

I don't believe thoughts are predictable.
And I ask that you excuse my ignorance up front. I have never taken a philosophy class. Most if not everything I've read among these posts has gone completely over my head. So I'm predicting a real possibility my answer will share no resemblance to the context of your question.
Since I don't quite understand what you mean by "no thought is without a generative principle" I must direct my attention to "Thoughts must be predictable. Do you agree?"

No.. I do not agree that thoughts must be predictable. There is too much falsehood. Whereas truth is one and unified with Godliness, falsehood is a product of "the many". This is why with each progressive stage of creation, with each move further away from Godliness, more and more falsehood exists. This is especially so in the case of man. No two people think or act alike. No two viewpoints or opinions are exactly the same. Because of this, each additional person born into the world automatically introduces yet another set of possibilities and still another unique perspective on things. He also automatically introduces yet another degree of falsehood to the world, if for no other reason that his very existence is itself a contribution to this world of "the many."

Actually, the truth is most complete precisley when it is revealed and extracted from within the many. When from out of the duality and falsehood truth emerges, this is the most perfected form of truth there can be. In fact, man in mastering his free will, discovers and discloses the truth from admidst the greatest possible degree of falsehood.

There is too much falsehood in the lives of men - for a man's thoughts to be predictable.

Answer 2

Yes, you are right.

Brains are problem solving machines. Thoughts can be predicted. Search youtube for Derren Brown. He is the living proof of the prediciability of the human thoughts.

But, this question is also deeper. Even if brains are problem solving machines, every brain is built up differently. Personality, memory etc, is different for every person. If it were possible to map someone's brain completely it must be possible to predict the thoughts. But that doens't mean you can make a model that predicts 100% of the human thoughts.

Answer 3

I think this is true if you have enoth information and processing power. THe problem is the amount of information and processing power is more then there is energy in the universe for us to use. I have a whole maths thing that explains how time and memory work but I wont go into that unless you IM me. Basicaly it just shows that you can find ABC if you know DEFG but not DEFG if known ABC. Time is a river that can flow backwards or forwards depending on how much information you have. In Gods mind I believe time to flow in all directions and none. Not that I speak for Gods mind all the time this is just how I feel it would be.

Answer 4

No.

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Answer 5

I don't think you could say they are predictable. All thoughts have antecedents. Something to trigger the thought. The thing is some brains respond differently to triggers, this said then thoughts can not be predictable.

Answer 6

Thoughts are predictable to an extent that you know the odds. There are always odds, and if the odds are one in a googolplex (hee hee) it is quite difficult to predict those. But I suppose it is possible to predict them.

"Nature herself has imprinted in us all the idea of God." Cicero/Civilization IV

Answer 7

Do not agree!

If thoughts were predictable, there would be no need for individuality.....


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Ginger