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Superdeterminism on its own doesn't explain why quantum phenomena are statistical, not deterministic. It seems strange that a superdeterministic universe const
by TheOtherHobbes 3y ago
Superdeterminism on its own doesn't explain why quantum phenomena are statistical, not deterministic.
It seems strange that a superdeterministic universe constrains certain kinds of phenomena to statistical distributions for no obvious reason.
Free choice is a completely different issue, and I'm not even sure it requires quantum theory. Clearly we have the illusion of free choice, but just as obviously our choices are very heavily constrained. In fact the constraints pretty much determine personality. And there's plenty of evidence from psychology that if you you have an accurate model of personality you can manipulate someone's choices without them being aware of it.
So I'm not seeing what quantum theory adds to this. It seems to assume consciousness is quantum and works back from there. Which is a weak argument (IMO).