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Free will can be both random and non random at the same time. For example, a recursive infinity of antecedents. Like I said before, we just don't have the conc
by prmph 10y ago
Free will can be both random and non random at the same time. For example, a recursive infinity of antecedents.
Like I said before, we just don't have the concepts to model free will right now, so we should not dismiss it as impossible.
Imagine trying to explain to someone living 1000 years ago things like quantum entanglement and superposition. Or Gödel's theorem and the Halting problem. These concepts challenge our intuitive senses, and yet we have to grapple with them because they are supported by real evidence.
Now imagine a thousand years from now, new phenomena or understandings will generate concepts that can model free will that is both non-random and non-deterministic.
- kmicklas 10y ago> Now imagine a thousand years from now, new phenomena or understandings will generate concepts that can model free will that is both non-random and non-deterministic. This abstractly makes sense, but I think the free will supporters still have the burden of proof of, right now, explaining at least at a very high level what free will would be if not random/deterministic. Otherwise we must lend credibility to all kinds of crazy theories.