Does Quantum Mechanics Allow Free Will?

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Written by @PaulMSutter

Edited and animated by Siji Sheehan
Narrated by David Kelly
Sound Editing by Craig Stevenson
Other animations by Manuel Rubio

Galaxies, space videos from NASA, ESO, and ESA
Music from Epidemic Sound, Artlist, Silver Maple and Yehezkel Raz
Stock footage from Videoblocks, Artgrid and Shutterstock

00:00 Introduction
05:00 The Deterministic Demon
17:48 The Lord Of Chaos
30:25 The Uncertain Cat
42:42 The Impossible You

[thalt]

The lawyer at the start was pulling some Saul Goodman type shit

[mjnz]

Defense: my client had no choice but to commit the crime. Jury: and we have no choice but to find him guilty - his guilt was determined billions of years ago, so we cannot change it.

[elliotgillum]

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[slugface]

mama always said:
the purpose of your mind is to perceive reality, do try to get it right.

[andrewpayette]

I'm not convinced free will exists. However, I live my life with the assumption that it does because I don't have a choice.

[etunimenisukunimeni]

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[buccaneerrex]

Any system complex enough to perfectly compute the future of the evolution of the universe would basically just be the universe.

[sethguthrie]

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[brettrace]

Jury: "while it's impossible to know if he's guilty or not, based on your argument, we better throw him in a box and check in 5 years"

[arcradious]

I have watched the entire series several times. As it progressed things referenced early on and in other videos come into focus. This is a master class in communication. Thank you

[jensphiliphohmann]

Neither strict determinism nor randomness can provide us with free will: If one thing is like going somewhere by train, the other is sitting within a boat which readomly moves here and there.
If free will exists, it – or some kind of "precursor" of it, maybe disguising itself as randomness – must be inherent.

[straightupup]

I thought the title of the video read, _"Does The Universe Allow Free Wi-Fi?"_, lol

[jackcarterog]

The experience of free will is what the universe gives. Genuine free will is most likely an illusion, but such a statement does not free one from that illusion

[CapitanChoripan]

I love how the theoretical framework for philosophical questions can be approached from the perspective of fundamental physics. Who knows what or when we will find the the final pieces of the puzzle, but for now, this kind of analysis is certainly one of the great tasks of humanity.

[tovarischkrasnyjeshi]

The lesson from accepting determinism isn't to not punish crime, it's that sometimes restorative justice might be wholly more constructive to addressing it than punitive justice, because more than just people's personal character is involved in decision making. Or that things like reducing lead levels in the water supply might be better policy than trying to regulate religion or speech or whatever.

[dgareandro]

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[gettingstuffdoneright]

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[jensphiliphohmann]

Zeno the Stoic had a slave who stole something and was about to be flogged. He defended himself by pointing out that Fate (in which the Stoics believe) determined him to steal. Zeno responded by "it determined me to flog you for that".

[guadalupe]

So, it wasn't up to me that I upvoted?

[DarkMetaOFFICIAL]

i've had this personal joke recently where anytime someone asks why: "anything" happened or why did i do something, i just say because entropy. 😂