Information and free will (Introduction)

by romansh , Friday, October 14, 2011, 05:05 (4790 days ago) @ David Turell

I don't think the universe as a whole or in a very small part has much to do with my genes.

I think you'd be terribly wrong.

They are fixed except as they are impinged upon by epigenetic effects,which I believe are mainly local, such as my mother's input in my childhood, or going to Medical school which is a major local challenge.

I suspect your mother is part of the environment, and if your ancestors' genes were not shaped by their environment, then you have a very different understanding of evolution to mine.

Memes are Dawkin's garbage. I admit there are many extraneous influences, but I think clear thinking and careful analysis can sort out most of them and lead a person to a free will choice.

Beg to differ regarding your garbage comment. Again free from what?
Independent of thermodynamics?
Independent of kinetics?

Our are brains somehow not described by basic chemistry? How can our 'will' be free from being described by the Law of Mass Action?