>Whether access to an rng is a prerequisite for consciousness is another question... Wouldn't free will necessarily require "true" random number generation? If

>Whether access to an rng is a prerequisite for consciousness is another question... Wouldn't free will necessarily require "true" random number generation? If there existed any equation such that it could always perfectly predict what something would choose, then it seems no choice is really being made. Assuming that's true, and assuming free will is a necessary component of consciousness, then it follows that probabilistic phenomena is a requirement for conscious behavior. This begs the question, "Do people have free will?", which isn't any easier to answer. But hey, if it doesn't exist, then you really can't blame me for thinking it does.