You seem knowledgeable. Thank you for being on lemmy.
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What's the best response to someone who believes in hard determinism but also uses this to deny responsibility for any immoral actions they commit?
I sometimes think about this but I very rarely search for things. I do sometimes search using duckduckgo.com whatever, by appending "site:reddit" to the query, but even that happens very rarely. And now with chatGPT, no more coding related searches.
What are you guys searching that you require a premium provider?
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I should preface this by saying that I have a BS and an MS in physics. I have studied quantum physics.
There is indeed randomness in the universe. However, that does not prove free will. Something random is still, by definition, something you do not control. It is something that happens to you.
I don't think anyone well educated thinks that we can determine everything with 100% probability and reliability. We cannot. That is, however, not an argument for free will.
There is a new book by the great Robert Sapolsky called Determined I think. It should be released in the next few days if I remember correctly. I would check it out.