RE: Free will & the Conservation Laws
February 28, 2016 at 5:06 pm
(This post was last modified: February 28, 2016 at 5:10 pm by FebruaryOfReason.)
If the brain can be influenced by quantum-level events (as seems possible for what is essentially an electrical system governed by tiny quantities of psychoactive substances) then because of the uncertainty principle we cannot know - however much computing power we have - everything about it.
However, it does not follow from this that God or the soul exists. I don't know everything that's down the back of my sofa either, but I'm pretty confident Jesus isn't there.
(How embarrassing would it be for me as an atheist if I found Jesus down the back of my sofa? How much reputation on AF would I lose? Having said that, I moved house quite recently and my sofa did seem a bit heavy. Hang on I'll check.)
However, it does not follow from this that God or the soul exists. I don't know everything that's down the back of my sofa either, but I'm pretty confident Jesus isn't there.
(How embarrassing would it be for me as an atheist if I found Jesus down the back of my sofa? How much reputation on AF would I lose? Having said that, I moved house quite recently and my sofa did seem a bit heavy. Hang on I'll check.)
I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty.
