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IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
Sal.Paradise said:
Quantum effects are only significant on a microscopic level. On a macroscopic level their effects are 'averaged out' in the thermodynamic/entropic soup, thus we have common properties for materials etc etc.


Do you think that we all have a free will?

 

Also, I have made it more clear now that it doesn't matter how long you reverse time, meaning that quantum effects most certainly would have an effect if they exists.

A difficult question, probably one that we will never answer. 

 

Ultimately, as a libertarian might argue, it is vital that we all act as if we are free agents, even if it is out of ignorance of external causes.We only have free will in that we are conscious of the experience of deliberation over situations; this restores moral responsibility in society.

The universal law of causation may apply, but internal causation may be viewed as an equivalence with human freedom as we must assume all internal thoughts are our own, or all speculation is meaningless.

 

I was pretty rushed when writing it but I feel it makes a good point. It's a bit of a cop out because it doesn't answer the question, but I don't think we can answer the question, and so acting in the best possible way (keeping moral responsibility in society) is the only realistic thing to do, and that requires assuming we are free.

 

EDIT: I dont get what you're talking about there with quantum, please elaborate!