[ExI] Free Will

David McFadzean davidmc at gmail.com
Sun Dec 28 17:48:02 UTC 2008


On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 6:02 AM, Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 2:09 AM, Will Steinberg <asyluman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Do any of y'all believe in free will?
>
> I think that Wolfram's take of the problem has some merit.

Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Evolves

Most definitions of free will are hopelessly incoherent, however the
concept can be made comprehensible if it is associated with the
ability of a system to determine its own behavior (or the extent that
it does so).



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