Not only are there meaningless questions, but many of the problems with which the human intellect has tortured itself turn out to be only 'pseudo problems, ' because they can be formulated only in terms of questions which are meaningless. Many of the traditional problems of philosophy, of religion, or of ethics, are of this character. Consider, for example, the problem of the freedom of the will. You maintain that you are free to take either the right- or the left-hand fork in the road. I defy you to set up a single objective criterion by which you can prove after you have made the turn that you might have made the other. The problem has no meaning in the sphere of objective activity; it only relates to my personal subjective feelings while making the decision. Percy Williams Bridgman
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Consider the way in which people deal with this problem. If you are driving, it is easy to say that since you are on the road you are free to choose the right or left turn, but what about when you are on the bed? Who is in control here? Is it your head or your heart? Is it your brain or your hormones? Is it your logical thinking or is it the emotional meaning of each fork? The problem of meaninglessness applies to all of these things.

Source: The Nature Of Physical Theory

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