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[-] Nilay@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Yeah I agree the issue isn't whether we can actually process the data within our existence but whether everything is theoretically expressible in a deterministic equation. Our limited knowledge capacity doesn't disprove determinism it just shows our epistemic boundaries. Not fully understanding how a computer works doesn't mean the computer has free will, it only means we have limits to our knowledge.

[-] Ferk@lemmy.ml 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

That is what I said.

The person I was responding to was saying that " We effectively have free will " just because "you would need something larger than existence " to process the data that predicts the Universe.

I was giving the example of the computer as a way to show that this is not typically the way we udnerstand "free will", it's not about actually being able to predict what will happen.

[-] Nilay@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)
[-] Nilay@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

Yeah and I agree

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