• GiveMemes@jlai.lu
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    7 months ago

    Well if your brain is just a bunch of particles in the first place and physics still applies then…

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        7 months ago

        Probabilistic curves are pretty much the opposite of what we normally mean when we say “free will.” If the assumptions were correct, we’d tend to use the term “non-deterministic.”

        I tend to lean in the direction of Stanford neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky who believes that it is deterministic but not predictable due to the complexity of the parts and their interactions.