Quote (dajusta @ May 6 2013 01:25pm)
If all disease were cured, would you still posit your question?
I don't know. There is other suffering caused by humans in the world.
Apparently the argument for that is that humans have "free will". I have a theory that proves free will false.
Why do things happen? It is the reaction of something(s) that happened prior.
Why do we think? Because of chemical reactions in the brain.
How do these chemical reactions happen? Because of prior events that lead up to it.
Why do we act? Because of the reactions in our brains.
Why are we even here? Because everything in the universe interacted with everything else.
For example, a comet smashed into the Earth millions of years ago, bringing organic chemicals which sprung into life. Why did this comet hit us in the first place? Something happened to it that sent it hurdling into space, and eventually into us.
The universe as we know it today is here because of action and reaction. Things were initially set in motion at supposedly the time of the big bang, and this action-reaction chain of everything in the universe has been going on for billions of years.
Our brains are affected by this action and reaction as well.
Let's say we coincidentally (by action and reaction of the universe) wind up in situations throughout our lives. These teach us how to think, what to think, and how to act. Our personalities are formed. This is why some people think differently; because their brain configuration and action/reaction of molecules/particles in their brain are different.
People's actions are entirely determined on what has happened to them in the past, and what is going on around them in any respective moment. This is why there is no free will.