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> There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion, some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic. Most people agree these argume
by young_unixer 6y ago
> There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion, some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic. Most people agree these arguments are irrefutable, but no one ever really accepts the conclusion.
When I had a big LSD trip, not only did I understand the fact that we don't have free will, I experienced it. It felt as real as my body.
I don't think about free will anymore, I feel like I've already watched the movie.
- StavrosK 6y agoI don't even know what free will is supposed to be. Either all our decisions are deterministic, or they're due to random quantum phenomena, at some level. Which of those is the good scenario?
- Aeolun 6y agoWell, if everything is deterministic we might as well scroll to the end. I think I’ll go with random quantum please.
- StavrosK 6y agoHow's that any better? You might as well scroll to the end there too.
- young_unixer 6y agoI don't know physics, but can't quantum phenomena be deterministic? Maybe we just haven't discovered the rules yet.
- thaumasiotes 6y agoLinking it back up to my original question ("what happens if you don't press the button?") - I suspect Google cannot actually know you weren't going to. The outcome is computable but intractable. Free will is just a level of analysis that assumes the outcome is intractable, and doesn't bother trying to compute it.