Are Humans Merely Programmed Robots?

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The discussion centers on the idea that humans are akin to "Living Robotic Droids," suggesting that our existence and actions are the result of programming by a higher being. It posits that humans, like robots, are created entities with predetermined behaviors influenced by their programming, including personality traits. The notion of free will is challenged, with the argument that individuals are egoists who believe they are free thinkers, while in reality, their actions are reactions to sensory inputs. The conversation also touches on the idea that life and destiny are outcomes of this programming, with a perspective that suggests a playful or experimental role of gods in human existence. However, there is a counterpoint that not all actions are strictly determined by programming; instead, they can be seen as inevitable consequences of prior events.
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Well, we were made by another being. We, as Humans, have created Robots. Someone made US. We are living, reproducing entities, created by another. I say we are, for lack of better terminology, Living Robotic Droids. I think that we are PROGRAMMED from the beginning. I say that ALL of our actions are the result of this Programming. Our sensors (senses) detect something and we React accordingly. We are Egoists in that we think we are free thinkers. I disagree. I think that each of us have Programmed into us our individual Personality traits, but still, we are acting Robotically.
I say that our Lives and each of our destinies are a Result of our Programming. The God's are having fun, even experimenting with us. That's my opinion. Oh, if we aren't the above, then just what are we?
 
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That does not compute.
 
Now, that is absurd.
 
Is it?

I wouldn't say that all our actions are determined by programming, a.k.a. genes, but our actions are all the inevitable consequences of previous occurences.
 
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