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Originally Posted by The Batlord
@ 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.
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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