On 29 May 2011, at 20:22, selva kumar wrote:
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi selva,
On 16 May 2011, at 16:49, selva wrote:
If the positions of the atoms in my mind(my thoughts) now
affect the
positions of the atoms in your brain(your thoughts) ,then
does it mean
you don't have a free will ?
Why? On the contrary. To have free will you must have some
ability to make change around you. You certainly need some amount
of determinacy.
can i argue that the my ability to make change around me arises
from the changes around me..
you are now thinking what you are thinking only because i asked you
this....that is,with your so called ability i am changing some
thing,and that changed things gives you the ability to change things
around you..so going backwards..(events are affected only by the past
occurences in the cone).wont we come to a single cause?
Not if there is quantum randomness; in which case there will be multiple
causes. But if you subscribe to the multiple worlds interpretation then
the evolution will be deterministic but what is meant by "you" will be
uncertain.
Brent
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