Hm. First, I'd propose the homunculus is tiny in scope and impact with respect to every
other process. I'd even argue that it's so tiny, it doesn't (can't) transform states.
Maybe it doesn't have memory at all. It might simply be a random bit flip. And the only
time it would matter at all is if the rest of the system in which it's mostly enslaved
sits on some fragile cusp where the bit flip matters. Maybe whatever free will we have is
vanishingly small. E.g. out of 1 million people, maybe only 1 of them ever did anything
of their own free will ... and it was only that one decision when they were 2 years old.
Everything else is determined. Second, despite being determined, it's *lossy*,
irreversible. And when we use the phrase "free will" in our everyday
conversation, we're really talking about that loss, the information lost when we truncate
others or others truncate us. The existence of the lossy, truncating collective doesn't
preclude the existence of the tiny, tiny impact randomness.
On 6/15/20 9:21 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
How does the free will homunculus transform states? By state I mean all of the
function definitions, memory, hyperparameters, etc.?
In a biological system how do the biochemistry and electrodynamics evolve?
Does the homunculus get to choose which physics it likes? How does it do that?
It doesn't matter if the system or homunculus has to face uncertainty. That
just means the homunculus has to manage risk.
For people to say they "believe in free will" is to say they couldn't, in
principle, simulate human social systems with fidelity.
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