RE: Free Will - Yes/No?
May 8, 2016 at 12:37 pm
(This post was last modified: May 8, 2016 at 12:38 pm by Excited Penguin.)
(May 8, 2016 at 12:27 pm)pool the great Wrote:(May 8, 2016 at 12:20 pm)IATIA Wrote: We cannot predict exactly which neuron and at what time a specific neuron will fire. There will, obviously, be a statistical probability that allows us to function, but at the neuron level, for a specific neuron, there will be a certain amount of indeterminate information, only probabilities.
Here is a little information on the actual workings of a neuron.
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Radiation is a perfect example. The half life of uranium is predictable, but exactly which atom will decay is unpredictable. Effectively, we can have a predictable outcome from an unpredictable source.
This is amazing! I love this idea of achieving a predictable outcome from an unpredictable source.
I'll have to really give this some thought.
It's not that amazing and it doesn't deserve much thought, since the the language involved is misleading. If you have a predictable outcome, you have a predictable source. I imagine he conflates individual atoms with their totality.