Michio Kaku disagrees with the non-existence of free will. He says: "Hey look at the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. No one can determine your future state based on the current information, there is always the possibility of the wildcard."
The basic components and timescales on which the brain operates filter most of the quantum "noise", but do they filter all of it? Is there a possibility of a wildcard? How likely is that possibility? And can that wildcard be used to help us make a free decision, or just a randomly different one?
I skimmed trough the comments of this video and Carlos Fernandes, a random youtube commenter, said (and I agree):
"The uncertainty principle is typically used by people who defend free will. But what they don't understand is that that principle only has any effect at the subatomic level - it doesn't affect in any way the neurophysiology of the brain. And even if it did it would be a random effect. And Free will does NOT mean randomness!
But I think you misunderstood his position: he said that we only gain consciousness of your ideas and actions a fraction of a second after it happens - consciousness isn't the first step of the decision making process in the brain - long before we become aware of what we want to do, that decision is already made by our neurons.
Therefore free will is a nonsense concept!"
The basic components and timescales on which the brain operates filter most of the quantum "noise", but do they filter all of it? Is there a possibility of a wildcard? How likely is that possibility? And can that wildcard be used to help us make a free decision, or just a randomly different one?
I skimmed trough the comments of this video and Carlos Fernandes, a random youtube commenter, said (and I agree):
"The uncertainty principle is typically used by people who defend free will. But what they don't understand is that that principle only has any effect at the subatomic level - it doesn't affect in any way the neurophysiology of the brain. And even if it did it would be a random effect. And Free will does NOT mean randomness!
But I think you misunderstood his position: he said that we only gain consciousness of your ideas and actions a fraction of a second after it happens - consciousness isn't the first step of the decision making process in the brain - long before we become aware of what we want to do, that decision is already made by our neurons.
Therefore free will is a nonsense concept!"
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