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Yeah, that's a good point. I guess the ideal way to put it is that I didn't mean "decision" necessarily in a "free-will, non-deterministic" way but rather in a
by TheCoreh 8y ago
Yeah, that's a good point.
I guess the ideal way to put it is that I didn't mean "decision" necessarily in a "free-will, non-deterministic" way but rather in a more computational sense (like branches of an "if").
If ultimately free will turns out to not exist, that will affect us very little in how we live: perhaps morally we should be more forgiving towards other people's shortcomings
- jacquesm 8y ago> perhaps morally we should be more forgiving towards other people's shortcomings That's good practice anyway.
- minor3rd 8y agoYep I don't believe in free will and agree whole-heartedly with everything you said. I still believe people make decisions and that those decisions have consequences, I just think the decisions can likely be traced back to the state of the universe and physical processes rather than poofing out of nowhere. Of course, even if quantum mechanics means that there are some random processes at play, that doesn't change much since it is still quantum mechanics at the root of those "poofs".