Comments on: Free Will http://www.murphybytes.com/2008/08/20/free-will/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:43:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Chris http://www.murphybytes.com/2008/08/20/free-will/#comment-6 Chris Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:23:04 +0000 http://www.murphybytes.com/?p=13#comment-6 What's the difference between a non-deterministic system and a system that's so complex that the results, given a specific set of inputs, are largely unpredictable? I don't think you're ever going to see the general population come to the conclusion that they lack free will. Even if it's only an epiphenomenon, it's something that people personally experience, which makes it real hard to convince them they're wrong. Perhaps, because they don't actually have free will, it's not possible for them to decide they don't believe they have free will. What’s the difference between a non-deterministic system and a system that’s so complex that the results, given a specific set of inputs, are largely unpredictable?

I don’t think you’re ever going to see the general population come to the conclusion that they lack free will. Even if it’s only an epiphenomenon, it’s something that people personally experience, which makes it real hard to convince them they’re wrong. Perhaps, because they don’t actually have free will, it’s not possible for them to decide they don’t believe they have free will.

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