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The universe can be deterministic without infringing on free will. The game of chess is deterministic, but free will is expressed in picking the moves.
by akomtu 3y ago
The universe can be deterministic without infringing on free will. The game of chess is deterministic, but free will is expressed in picking the moves.
- nwiswell 3y agoThe issue is that if the universe is deterministic, so is the brain.
- mewpmewp2 3y agoThe move you pick is also deterministic, which is coming from the state of your neurons and how they have got to that place from studying so far and then getting the current input of the board to go through several cases to reach the output.
- akomtu 3y agoHow do infusorias make choices? They don't even have brains.
- virgildotcodes 3y agoHow does a flame decide what to burn?
- Art9681 3y agoBy consuming that which maintains its identity, like all things. Otherwise it would cease to be a flame like we cease to be people when we stop consuming that which keeps us from becoming dirt.