What's a philosophical (not overtly political) position that you hold? (lemmy.world)

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[-] lattenwald@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well, how do you define free will?

I thought about it for quite some time and defined it for myself as following: free will is possibility to make two different choices in identical (down to quantum level and below) set of two universes. That applies only to something that has a "will", which is yet to be defined.

If being in identical circumstances you predictably make identical decisions, that doesn't look like free will to me. Your choice was made by circumstances for you.

So yeah, chaos it is. Nothing bad in it.

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