I am a materialist and do not believe that humans, non-human animals, plants, etc., have souls, spirits or any other "non-material" substance. If the Conservation Laws of Nature (Energy, Momentum, Angular Momentum, etc.) are immutable and without exception, then is not human (or animal) free will an illusion? Granted that the brain is irreducibly complex, but given enough hypothetical (infinite?) computing power, is not the entire Universe deterministic? Hence, free will is an illusion?
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Free will & the Conservation Laws
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