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Is this meant to be a reply to the above comment? My thoughts are as follows: If one can decompose one's subjective experience into an agent and the environmen
by reuben364 4y ago
Is this meant to be a reply to the above comment?
My thoughts are as follows: If one can decompose one's subjective experience into an agent and the environment it interacts with, then there are several variations I can think of:
- The agents actions are entirely determined by its environment
- The agents actions form a probability distribution determined by it environment
- The agent actions from their environment are annotated in some way that we haven't or can't have thought of that represents what the agent is. In my opinion, something that we can't think of or experience and something that doesn't exist are indistinguishable and we shouldn't really separate them except for making this statement.
- There is no agent and subjective existence is merely one route down immutable decision tree that is our choices and their consequences.
None of these options really intuitively sound like free will to me. Ultimately thinking along these lines requires separating the agent from the environment.
EDIT: I see now the reply is to the YouTube link which I missed