(October 19, 2009 at 4:34 am)Tiberius Wrote: I thought what made determinism impossible was the randomness of quantum level events? The Heisenberg uncertainty principle, etc?
Awareness has very little to do with it, as it could easily be argued that awareness is an illusion of our minds. You are assuming free will exists in the first place to disprove determinism, to then support free will. It's a circular argument.
Yes, Quantum theory does, but so does the mere fact that it (free will) exists. There is absolutely no evidence of a predetermined path or an idea for a grand purpose, and to assume so without any evidence is as stupid as it is assuming anything else significant without evidence.
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