Re: Time and Freewill

From: Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:44:23 +1000

2008/9/10 Jason Resch <jasonresch.domain.name.hidden>:
> Uv,
>
> One of the concerns people have with free will or the lack thereof is that
> if physics is deterministic, one's future actions can predicted beforehand,
> without them even having to exist. However, an interesting consequence of
> computationalism is this: One's future actions cannot be predicted without a
> simulation that goes into enough detail to instantiate that person's
> consciousness. As conscious creatures, our wills cannot be calculated
> without our consciousness being invoked by the calculations, just as the
> physics of this universe is doing now.

Hm, sounds good, but is that true?

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Stathis Papaioannou
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