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Old 04-21-2012, 09:04 AM   #72 (permalink)
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@ Big3

I just want to ask, as a thought experiment, in a universe where everything is mathematically calculable, from the way a pool ball bounces off the side of a pool table, to the way a planet moves on it's orbit, to the way a forest grows (through fractal mathematics), how can human consciousness somehow be immune to being mathematically calculable? Because for free will to exist, human consciousness must somehow be immune to mathematics.
certain elements in quantum mechanics, like eigenstates, defy conventional mathematics, so that might be a scientific principle for "free will"

i don't buy it, though
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