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That just shows that you still fail to grasp the nature of determinism.....that if the trajectory of an object is determined there can be nothing to constrain it. And when its trajectory is eventually constrained or terminated, that termination also determined. That, given determinism, it...

Well, if God drowned the whole world four thousand years ago, we are all decendents of Noah and his family. 🫤

At least he tried.

How does that relate to free will? QM is not the decision maker. That is the role of a brain. Decisions are not based on QM probability, decay or chance, but a brain that has the ability to acquire and processes information and respond in a rational manner, evolution and neural architecture...

I strongly suggest that you put aside your ''noise overcomes signal'' explanation and study the implications of determinism as compatibilists define it to be in relation to how they define free will. A hint, it has nothing to do with ''noise overcoming signal.'' You have yet to explain how...

'Ripples in a Cosmic Ocean' that manifest as matter/energy objects, stars, galaxies, life on earth, etc?

The Universe is composed of 'mere' matter/energy.

Yet the world is sufficiently determinist to enable us to predict events when sufficient information is available, calculate orbits, place landers on Venus, Mars, Titan, predict the return of comets, etcetera..... At least, as some compatibilists define it, Adequate Determinism ''Adequate...

We are not talking about software engineering. The subject is the question of free will. As it stands, we have several definitions of free will, the compatibilist version in relation to determinism as they define it to be, the Libertarian version, common usage of the term, social convention...

We are not talking about software engineering. The subject is the question of free will. As it stands, we have several definitions of free will, the compatibilist version in relation to determinism as they define it to be, the Libertarian version, common usage of the term, social convention...

Rodeo time.

It has been discussed to the point of ad nauseum. But none of it has gone beyond semantics, how various sides define free will, compatibilists have a version, Libertarians their version, common usage of the term, etc. None of it resolves the issue. That demonstrates the very ignorance you...

There is no excuse for any of it.

I made no mention of colour. What about territory? Resources? Doesn't that come into it?

Yet we know that the physical state of the brain equates to how a person thinks and acts. A person heavily drunk or under the influence of drugs is in a different mental state. Lesions are known to alter personality, reduce cognitive abilities, etc. Then memory loss, depending on the...