Consciousness: no free will says Hossenfelder (General)

by David Turell , Sunday, October 11, 2020, 23:22 (1502 days ago) @ David Turell

She is totally confused as you will see:

http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2020/10/you-dont-have-free-will-but-dont-worry.html

"...in a nutshell that the whole story of the universe in every single detail was determined already at the big bang. We are just watching it play out.

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"These deterministic laws of nature apply to you and your brain because you are made of particles, and what happens with you is a consequence of what happens with those particles.

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"So, the trouble with free will is that according to the laws of nature that we know describe humans on the fundamental level, the future is determined by the present. That the system – in this case, your brain – might be partly chaotic does not make a difference for this conclusion, because chaos is still deterministic. Chaos makes predictions difficult, but the future still follows from the initial condition.

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"You see, that thing you call “free will” should in some sense allow you to choose what you want. But then it’s either determined by what you want, in which case it’s not free, or it’s not determined, in which case it’s not a will.

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"So, yeah, if you want you can redefine “free will” to mean “no one was able to predict your decision.” But of course your decision was still determined or random regardless of whether someone predicted it. Others have tried to argue that free will means some of your decisions are dominated by processes internal to your brain and not by external influences. But of course your decision was still determined or random, regardless of whether it was dominated by internal or external influences. I find it silly to speak of “free will” in these cases."

Comment: Entirely deterministic and nuts. Mind and consciousness are immaterial states that arise from an intact brain, which is more than just its initial particles that appeared/ originated in the Big Bang. She is totally concentrated on the brain as meat. This demonstrates why theoretical physicists are not philosophers of biology. Frankly, I enjoy her blogsite, as her explanations are very clear, concise and fully understandable.