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Heisenberg uncertainty principle prevents perfectly accurate measure of "physical state". So, two brains as physically identical as possible will probably hav
by joss82 17y ago
Heisenberg uncertainty principle prevents perfectly accurate measure of "physical state".
So, two brains as physically identical as possible will probably have (slightly) different outputs.
But those differences would have nothing to do with human will. They would be random, or, more precisely, non-deterministic (per definition, as you can't measure them). So, having a non-deterministic free will is like having no free will at all.
Conclusion: We have no free will nor fate ;)
- joeyo 17y agoConclusion: We have no free will nor fate ;) The alternative interpretation is that all particles in the universe have free will. ;)
- joss82 17y agoAt a bigger scale, they seem to act randomly, though. But maybe if we could follow one particle in its everyday life, we see how it exercises its free will?
- anamax 17y ago" If we have free will, so do subatomic particles, mathematicians claim to prove." http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/35391/title/Math_Trek__Do_subatomic_particles_have_free_will%3F http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/35391/title/Math_...
- codexon 17y agoHeisenberg uncertainty principle prevents perfectly accurate measure of "physical state". So, two brains as physically identical as possible will probably have (slightly) different outputs. You are right about the definition but wrong about your conclusion. It is impossible to measure 2 brains and be sure they are physically identical. But this does not mean 2 brains cannot be physically identical.
- joss82 17y agoI really thought that Heisenberg was talking about the reality and not the measure.
- joss82 17y agoI think I'm wrong on this one: A deterministic behavior would rule out free will. Free will would be non-deterministic, by definition. Revised conclusion: We have as much free will as our particles. Still no fate, though ;)