Bruce, Free will in the strict sense is incoherent. If choices are determined, they aren't free, and if they’re random, they aren't willed.
It's just a subjective feeling of agency. MWI doesn't fix that paradox, it just avoids adding hidden conspiracies to the physics. Quentin All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. (Roy Batty/Rutger Hauer) Le dim. 6 juil. 2025, 13:36, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> a écrit : > On Sun, Jul 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM Quentin Anciaux <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Bruce, >> >> I mean that within each branch, the observer experiences making a >> definite choice and can't predict which branch they will end up in before >> decoherence. >> > > You don't get to choose which branch you will be on! > > Globally, all branches are determined, but subjectively each observer sees >> only one outcome and experiences it as a free choice. >> >> This is similar to how in classical determinism you can still feel free >> even if everything is fixed in principle, except here all alternatives >> coexist rather than only one. >> > > You have a lot of work to do to show that self-location on branches is the > same as compatibilist free-will in a single deterministic universe. > > Bruce > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLRCowOZPdwBK-rdzKFENcQc-iikeoKaTjmtTg5SPurpmw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLRCowOZPdwBK-rdzKFENcQc-iikeoKaTjmtTg5SPurpmw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAMW2kApBA%3Dp6unQOUN4iAJmTMDSTxYRhQjxv7XH8UMBtL9KA-g%40mail.gmail.com.
