Caledonian2 comments on Thou Art Physics - Less Wrong

40 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 June 2008 06:37AM

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Comment author: Caledonian2 06 June 2008 02:31:45PM 4 points [-]

More importanlt, does not decidely negate or affirm the question "do I have free will"?

That isn't the question, really. The question is: Can we articulate an explicit definition for the used-phrase 'free will'?

Once we've done that, we can attempt to determine how the concept applies to various aspects of existence. Without answering that question, responding to any other relevant question is useless.

If I tell you that you possess the property of glixnatech, how does that change your functional understanding of yourself and the universe?