How physicists handle the idea of Free Will?

Diracula

Quote by Pythagorean

Yes, everybody appeals to authority ("it's accepted") but nobody can explain it.

Going with the experts is a pretty sound strategy when you don't have the time to read 10-20 papers on philosophy of mind. I would say the burden of proof is on you if you want to convince someone else that the experts are wrong.

What is wrong with post #226? That would help a lot, thanks.

See above.

Pythagorean

Quote by Diracula

And I would argue statistical mechanics and thermodynamics offer pretty good physical explanations for why entropy arises.

It doesn't though, it's axiomatic. Clausius did it to make conservation of energy hold, that's all.

Just like descritization of energy. Planck did it as a mathematical trick to make theory match observation. There is no reason these physical properties HAVE to be. We accept them as axiomatic and then move forward.

Diracula

Quote by Pythagorean

Nobody is saying that we CAN understand p-conscoiusness though....

And we can't explain the physical basis of entropy! It is observed empirically, not predicted! We can only accept it as an axiom and move forward.

What? It follows from basic laws of probability applied to a physical system.

Evo

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