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Randomness doesn't give you free will. If you substitute direct choice of a particular next state and instead are only allowed to sample a state space, you sti
by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
Randomness doesn't give you free will.
If you substitute direct choice of a particular next state and instead are only allowed to sample a state space, you still aren't free to choose.
Said another way: flipping a coin cant't make Harvey Dent free.
- themgt 9y agoTrue, but if you think quantum mechanics is the same as "flipping a coin" I think you need to do more reading. I have yet to hear anyone explain the delayed choice quantum eraser experiment in a way that's remotely compatible with a classical understanding of reality, much less analogize it to a coin flip.
- sekhat 9y agoNo, but particles states can only be in a limited set of positions / values. While these values take a larger range, they are still limited. I believe the coin example jjaredsimpson gave was, while hyperbole, to show that the states are limited, and thus can't be used in and of itself as an explanation of free will.