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Macroscopic Quantum Effects? Limited Free Will?
Free will discussions are in all interpretations pointless. Even if the universe is deterministic, and from the perspective of the end of time it will have been, isn't from our perspective. We still make decisions, things still happen, and we learn and grow. Regardless of whether there a a thing called 'free will' it only makes rational sense to disregard the possibility that there isn't: in that direction lies only depression, solipsism, madness, and death.
[quote=""Jarhyn""]Free will discussions are in all interpretations pointless. Even if the universe is deterministic, and from the perspective of the end of time it will have been, isn't from our perspective. We still make decisions, things still happen, and we learn and grow. Regardless of whether there a a thing called 'free will' it only makes rational sense to disregard the possibility that there isn't: in that direction lies only depression, solipsism, madness, and death.[/quote]
There is no reason why depression, solipsism, madness, and death is necessarily related to the possibility that free will is an illusion. As you say, things still happen, life goes on, we appear to learn and grow regardless of the nature of the world. Death is always present regardless. I see that, given that we are shaped and formed by an interaction of genetics environment, free will is an illusion. But for me this view is certainly not a source of depression, or even a mild concern.
There is no reason why depression, solipsism, madness, and death is necessarily related to the possibility that free will is an illusion. As you say, things still happen, life goes on, we appear to learn and grow regardless of the nature of the world. Death is always present regardless. I see that, given that we are shaped and formed by an interaction of genetics environment, free will is an illusion. But for me this view is certainly not a source of depression, or even a mild concern.