Free-willing (or is it -weeling? :) friends, ---------------- Harry, >> When quantum mechanics appeared the spirit had to accept that there >> is a LIST of possible ways the universe could unfold. However, even if this >> list >> is infinitely long it still means that certain possibilities will be OFF the >> list, other wise it could not be a predictive theory!
Yes. And interestingly, the possibilities which are off the list (zero probability) can be very exactly defined in some experiments, as can be seen by entering a large number e.g. 100000 and hitting the "More" button repeatedly in this nice double slit applet: http://www.ianford.com/dslit/ Selecting, at the other extreme, one particle per shot will yield, after a proportionately larger number of shots, the very same fringe pattern, and that's what actually happens in experiments. And that's where QM beats any classical or neoclassical theory with both hands tied behind its back! ---------------- Jones, it's not nice to have published the blueprints of my brain ;-) BTW I didn't see multiple definitions of free will in the WP article, nor did I see much useful information there. Philosophy should be left to scientists, as the name says and as it was in the early days! ---------------- Mauro, I suspect that your concept that conscience is not physico-mechanical will be laughed at heartily by your desktop computer in 2042, date at which it will have as many logical gates as a human brain according to Moore's law (IIRC). Michel
