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| author | Runxi Yu <harriet@andrewyu.org> | 2023-08-23 00:00:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Runxi Yu <harriet@andrewyu.org> | 2023-08-23 00:00:00 +0000 |
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Hm, do you think advancements in the understanding of physics could
improve understanding on causality, determinism and free will? (“Interpretations” of physics is not my expertise and I’m a bit skeptical, but I’ll try to be careful not to get into mysticism…) (Warning: disgusting) The common argument that collapsing superpositions leads to inherent randomness and thus makes free will possible seems to be misaligned with what people mean when discussing free will. I’ll explain my skepticism with an analogy: A scientist will do something differently if they detect that a radioactive sample decays in five seconds. The scientist’s state and actions depend on random decay of the sample, and I won’t call this free will of the scientist. I don’t think there’s something fundamentally different about the supposed (and really interpretive and perhaps mystic) collapse of superpositions in the brain causing things to go differently, and my example on radioactive decay. No matter if they’re inside or outside the body, truly random events are still spontaneously random
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diff --git a/microblog/index.html b/microblog/index.html index 9970f50..25b5845 100644 --- a/microblog/index.html +++ b/microblog/index.html @@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ This is my <i>microblog</i>, a place for me to jot down random thoughts that I want to keep, but are too small enough to constitute a real article/post. Reverse chronological order. </p> <hr /> + <p id="21"> + Hm, do you think advancements in the understanding of physics could improve understanding on causality, determinism and free will? ("Interpretations" of physics is not my expertise and I’m a bit skeptical, but I’ll try to be careful not to get into mysticism…) + (Warning: disgusting) The common argument that collapsing superpositions leads to inherent randomness and thus makes free will possible seems to be misaligned with what people mean when discussing free will. I’ll explain my skepticism with an analogy: A scientist will do something differently if they detect that a radioactive sample decays in five seconds. The scientist’s state and actions depend on random decay of the sample, and I won’t call this free will of the scientist. I don’t think there’s something fundamentally different about the supposed (and really interpretive and perhaps mystic) collapse of superpositions in the brain causing things to go differently, and my example on radioactive decay. No matter if they’re inside or outside the body, truly random events are still spontaneously random + <a href="https://www.andrewyu.org/microblog/#21">&</a> + </p> + <hr /> <p id="20"> Evaluate the claim that "the mere act of giving birth to a child violates the child's consent by coercing the social contract upon them". |