The Illusion of Extrapolating Randomness from Periodic Tables
Quantum Randomness and the Illusion of Free Will
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QUANTUM RANDOMNESS AND THE ILLUSION OF FREE WILL
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Quantum Randomness and the Illusion of Free Will. What is free will?. The power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate We are authors of our own actions Blame…..We blame ourselves for our actions, We blame people around us…We blame the society …. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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QUANTUM RANDOMNESS AND THE ILLUSION OF
FREE WILL
WHAT IS FREE WILL?The power of acting without the constraint of necessity or
fateWe are authors of our own actionsBlame…..We blame ourselves for our actions, We blame
people around us…We blame the society…
EXPLORING THE ILLUSION OF FREE WILL
Free will exists• Deviations from Causality• Quantum Mechanics• Law of Relativity
Free will is an Illusion• Causality• Determinism• Libertarianism
WHY QUANTUM MECHANICS CAN’T RESCUE FREE WILL
• Newtonian/Classical Physics approves Causality• 1920s…Quantum Physics was discovered• 1925…Heisenberg comes up with uncertainty
principle
UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
Δx * ΔPx = h/4πPosition and Momentum of a microscopic
particle, such as an electron can’t be determined simultaneously
QM CAN’T RESCUE FREE WILL• We can use groups of particles to find Position and Momentum
and then through mathematics derive the behavior/prediction of a single Particle.
• QM establishes Random will but not free will• One should note that Heisenberg's uncertainty principle does not
say "everything is uncertain." Rather, it tells us very exactly where the limits of uncertainty lie when we make measurements of sub-atomic events.
QUANTUM RANDOMNESS
Game TheoryLearning Randomness
QUANTUM COHERENCE IN BIOLOGY
QUANTUM COHERENCE IN BIOLOGY
STUDIES THAT COULD HELP
1. Shortest Time Scales of any events in the brain that we can connect to Decision Making?
2. Longest Coherence Time of Superposition time of anything that goes on in that brain that can be measured?
3. The non linear operations of a human brain to be related to the linear results produced in above 2 experiments
FREE WILL• Freedom to Deliberate• Freedom to Develop Character
CONCLUSION According to the strong indirect indications at hand Free Will is certainly an illusion according to Science. Therefore, we are biological Machines But Quantum Superposition and Quantum Coherence in biological systems might lead us to
Compatibilism
In the fight between Religion and Science….Science will always win because Logic and Reasononing
