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ANNOTATION:
Do we have a "free will"?
Ok , you make a direct link between quantum mechanics and "free will", free choice for each of us .
Let's see a closer link , the link between brain cells and people behaviour.
Like evolution , do you think the brain cells are free to act as they act in our everyday life , do you think evolution can choose the worse answer between differents choices?
Maybe you right , there is a "free will" for each of us . For now there is no cybernetic model to explain how a brain works ( too complex ? ) . But maybe we have the illusion to have "free will" because we don't know why we act like act and maybe there is no "free will" .
Author: Aaron Wilson (aaronw[at]bu.edu)
Date: Nov 10, 2001REPLY: Indeed, but bear in mind - - -
Keen points. The proposition of free-will, in this context, suggests that we are free from casuality if i am not mistaken. Perhaps a Quantum Mechanics is free from casuality (unless the mathematics that support this science are in need of reevalutaion), however, as patrick pointed out, this does not logically justify free-will. We must bear in mind that actions are made on feelings and knowledge. If you agree to that, than free-will is not a substantiable notion. As feelings are produced in reaction to something, i.e., we are not just suddenly sad or happy without some reason (if you are I suggest medication). And knowledge, whether you say it is learned or innate, cannot be changed, i.e., we cannot suddenly choose what we know or don't know without some effort. If we cannot choose what we know and we cannot instantly change our feelings, how can we commit actions that are not done in reaction, if we commit actions on what we know and how we feel.
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