(July 15, 2016 at 7:37 am)bennyboy Wrote:(July 15, 2016 at 7:16 am)Alex K Wrote: I wouldn't go so far to say that every particle is causal. Quantum randomness is a thing. It's not violating causality in the sense of changing the past, but not everything on the particle level follows as effect and cause.
This is true. However, free will and determinism are not really polar opposites. There's nothing about randomness which implies free will, either.
Depends on the definition. When I pick chocolate over vanilla it's my free choice because no one is holding a gun to my head but why I chose chocolate over vanilla wasn't my choice.
However, free will doesn't even matter because in any case, whether people have a choice or not people will do what makes them and others happy. So I don't care about why I picked chocolate over vanilla, it's irrelevant.
