Is free will a myth?

[SuaveSocialist]

Peh said:

SuaveSocialist said:

The universes would not be deterministic, as this one is not.  Each has formed due to the choices of its inhabitants.  They differ not "when" choices are made but "because" choices have been made.

So far, it's not proven whether our universe is deterministic or not. Thus, we know to little to make a judgment on this one.

 For the individual observing all available paths, Time is not one-dimensional pathways but a morphous object.  All choices occur at the same time as past, present and future are all occurring simultaneously in the object.  Only our perceptions grant the illusion of a chronological order.

I can't find anything what you say. Care to provide a source for me too read about it?

Depending on the choices of the individual, all that changes is one's position on the Finite Curve relative to the others and one's experiences.  As I said, things get crazy when you add dimensions to Time and space.

I'm kinda familiar with this one, but I havn't seen an argument speaking for it, nor do I have a reason to think that way. :(

Think of it like this.  Imagine that this is your life:

You experience it in a linear fashion, progressing from infant to elderly in a steady march.  Now imagine that this is your life AND you are that individual.  You are now looking at the entire continuum of your life.  You see Time from a vertical axis, though experiencing it from a forward axis.  You are a baby.  You are an old man.  You everything in between--always.  This is still only two axes; the third would be a sidelong axis.  In addition to seeing this solitary continuum, you can look around and see all possible variations, from actions beyond your control to every possible choice that you make as well as the consequences.  This would be Time as a 3D object, and it is morphous because you have the power of choice--the shape it has taken is due to your actions and decisions that have affected and will affect your experience in the continuum.

I can't remember exactly, but I think Carl Sagan talked about it in Cosmos.  I know he did it with spatial dimensions, I'm uncertain if he touched down on temporal ones as well later on.