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by Retra 2498 days ago
So you're fine with a key that doesn't open anything? How will you know it is a key at all then?

>We try to understand countless things without have a use case in mind at the time of study.

You're making a pretty clear reference to mathematics & science here, but in those disciplines we study things with well-defined structures. We don't study flighty nonsense because it's not ever going to be useful. You shouldn't invoke this phrase to excuse a lack of precision and clarity.

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Calling it a key is your own reframing, implying a use case.
You called it a key. I said it is not unless it has a useful purpose.
A key to understanding free will, not a key to using this understanding in any particular way.
What understanding? If you can't do anything with it, what do you understand?
Why must understanding be conflated with utility?