The clockwork universe: is free will an illusion?
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The clockwork universe: is free will an illusion?
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#2is the clockwork universe provable?
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#3Free will is inevitable.
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#4Free will is inevitable.
I knew you would write that.
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#5Free will is inevitable.
Free from what?
If one has will to choose based on a preference is the will free from having that preference?
Was the preference chosen?
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#6is the clockwork universe provable?
Quantum theory disproves it
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Quantum theory disproves it
Would it really matter if parts of your "will" are running on deterministically moving particles or random ones?
Believing in free will or not are different configurations in your mind, leading to different future outcomes.
Who are you to disbelieve in anything?
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#10> A growing chorus of scientists and philosophers argue that free will does not exist.
This isn't _new_, this "chorus" has existed for so long that it used to be referred to exclusively as a "khoros." Secondly, it's totally embarrassing that the matter isn't considered settled. The standard argument against free will is sound. The closest thing to an objection you'll see is people moving the goalposts so far that we are talking about something else.