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Re:I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computational compl... by ahussain on Friday June 29, 2018 @12:42PM (#17425639)
It doesn't answer this question directly, but Aaronson's paper "The Ghost in the Quantum Turing Machine"[1] is a great read. It talks about the relationship between quantum mechanics and free will.

[1] https://www.scottaaronson.com/papers/giqtm3.pdf

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Re:I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computational compl... by ttctciyf on Friday June 29, 2018 @12:50PM (#17425721)
It is a great read! Also, in the comments on his blog post introducing that paper, he says:

> Well, yes, “the fact of experience” is a toughie! :) In fact, I regard the “hard problem of consciousness” as so far beyond us, that it’s not even clear that science or rational argument give us any sort of toehold.

- https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1438#comment-80656

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