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  • For there to be no free will, the universe has to be deterministic.

    Run a simple thought experiment…assume a nondeterministic universe with no free will: If there is no free will, then ALL your actions have to be predetermined. Now if some random event occurred, you would be unable to react to it. As it wouldn’t be in your preset actions.

    This makes no sense. You can react to any event that comes along.

    Second argument against no free will. Where is the information stored for all your future actions? Is this information stored in your great grandmother’s egg?

    A note to someone trying to make the argument’s that the universe is deterministic. While true randomness is still up for debate, chaotic interactions are not.











  • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonenot hard rule
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    2 个月前

    I have a magic crystal, it contains many secrets. At my and only my touch, it will reveal its bounty.

    This crystal fits in my pocket but also contains the world. Upon uttering the correct incantation, my crystal will allow me to speak to those far across the realm.

    But I must be cautious, pondering my crystal for too long can be addictive and one must exercise restraint, lest nothing else is done beyond contemplation of the depths of the world.

    SciFi is just a matter of perspective; to a medieval king my cellphone is a magic crystal. The ability to travel significantly faster than a horse; would have seemed like magic; imagine the talk of great power; if rather than the weeks of travel between London and Edinburgh in the 1700’s you had a personal air craft able to do it in a few hours.