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Is there free will?
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If the universe can be expressed as numbers plugged into an equation, doesn't that alone answer the question of free will?
That "if" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there
There are several fields of study dedicated to that if. And a galactic supercomputer dedicated to finding the question.
Exactly. If the laws of physics are absolute, then the brain—which is made of atoms—must follow those laws. Every choice is just a chemical reaction following a set path. The fact that we don't have a computer 'big' enough to calculate it doesn't mean the equation doesn't exist.