[ExI] Free will was: Everett worlds

Adrian Tymes atymes at gmail.com
Tue Aug 25 20:01:00 UTC 2020


On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 12:58 PM John Clark via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 3:44 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> *> Also, there do appear to be some truly random aspects to the universe,
>> such as the precise timing of atomic decay.  There could be a free will
>> behind those,*
>>
>
> That makes no sense. If there's ANYTHING behind the decision then it's
> not random. Random means an effect without a cause.
>

Truly random *from our perspective and ability to measure it*.  Doesn't
mean there isn't a cause behind it, just not a cause that we can see.
Which is pretty much what the source of free will, assuming there is one,
would have to be.
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