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Our current understanding of physics leaves no place for free will. Of course, many disagree with this.

https://physicsworld.com/a/why-free-will-is-beyond-physics/

https://aeon.co/essays/heres-why-so-many-physicists-are-wron...




Leaves no room for free will? We literally assume axiomatically experimenters freedom.

Since when is superdeterminism a done deal?

Conway had a few interesting words on this topic: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will_theorem


We know our knowledge of physics is incomplete.

There is no largely accepted obvious place where free will emerges from, while at the same time superdeterminism is not proven as you say.

So it's fair for some to say that physics as we know it doesn't allow free will, while at the same time it's fair for others to say that obviously they have free will thus it must exist.


"physics as we know it doesn't allow free will"

How?




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