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Paradoxically, we can still make meaningful choices even without free will. Also the hard deterministic view of the universe gets incomplete at the quantum lev
by datadrivenangel 1y ago
Paradoxically, we can still make meaningful choices even without free will.
Also the hard deterministic view of the universe gets incomplete at the quantum level, so maybe our brains do have some spark of pure chaos that gives us non-deterministic freedom.
- rafd 1y agoHaving a random quantum seed to an otherwise opaque internal process is still a far cry from free will and agency. Consider thermodynamics: even without quantum weirdness, we can't compute/predict the micro interactions of atoms in a gas. But most average out, and we can make a lot of meaningful predictions on a macro scale. Back to brains: even if there is some underlying quantum process that might free us from full determinism, on a macro level, it might not matter - you're still gonna value what you value, and make the same "choices". And if in some cases a "decision" is actually impacted by some quantum effect... is it "agency"? Or just yet another external process affecting us?