[ExI] free will.

[Stefano Vaj]

2011/12/27 john clark <jonkc at bellsouth.net>
> ... I make decision X rather than decision Y for a reason and thus it is deterministic, OR I make decision X rather than decision Y for NO reason and thus it is random. The "free will" noise doesn't have anything to do with it.

As on other subjects, I find Wolfram's rewording of a time-honoured
reconciliation of the paradox (see Luther) quite persuasive.

When you *decide* something, you actually decide. OTOH, the decision
cannot be other than that dictated by your "nature". What makes you
"free" is that your nature can be inferred by your decision, but your
decision cannot be computed starting from your nature unless by
"running" you up to that point.

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Stefano Vaj