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I don't think we will understand free will until we have more of a handle on time and causality. I think free will exists, however I don't think we understand w
by lotsofmangos 12y ago
I don't think we will understand free will until we have more of a handle on time and causality. I think free will exists, however I don't think we understand what it is and are maybe just looking at the whole thing in the wrong way. Also, on the face of it, it would seem slightly odd for a completely clockwork universe to contain beings that worry about if they have free will.
- lutusp 12y ago> Also, on the face of it, it would seem slightly odd for a completely clockwork universe to contain beings that worry about if they have free will. Maybe, but to argue thew other side, we have a god-free universe filed with people who wonder if they've joined the one true church.
- judk 12y agoIf you had free will, why would you worry about if you have it?
- lotsofmangos 12y agoCos you have the free will to do so might be as good a reason as any other.
- Crito 12y agoI wouldn't say that the universe is clockwork; quantum mechanics throws a wrench in that. However, unlike Penrose, I do not believe that quantum mechanics plays a crucial role in the human mind. I believe that the human mind could be (and probably is) clockwork. I find that it is difficult to get shit done with that mindset though, so I live my life as though I did not believe it.
- eru 12y agoQuantum mechanics is actually way better than clockworks. If you ignore the infamous collapse of the wave function, quantum mechanics is fully linear and does NOT allow for chaos. A classic world of colliding billiard balls is much harder to predict.