Re:Free will is back, and maybe we can measure it
by ccvannorman on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @03:43AM
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Agree. From the article:
"If you are able to imagine a number of options for yourself, weigh them with regard to your interests, and then commit yourself to the one that seems the best, you are exercising your free will."
So .. if the number of options you CAN imagine is arbitrary (which it by definition is), you've just described a computer program written for optimisation.
"If you are able to imagine a number of options for yourself, weigh them with regard to your interests, and then commit yourself to the one that seems the best, you are exercising your free will."
So .. if the number of options you CAN imagine is arbitrary (which it by definition is), you've just described a computer program written for optimisation.