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From: dap@ihopa.UUCP (afsd)
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Subject: Re: Quantum mechanics and free will... - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 9-Mar-84 16:20:16 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  9 16:20:16 1984
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All this talk of non-determinism vs. determinism doesn't really have much
bearing on free will vs. lack of same.  So what if atoms happen to disintegrate
at random rather that due to some predetermined cause?  It still isn't due to
"free will".  It happens by pure chance (as opposed to the type of chance which
one gets when rolling dice).  So you have your choice.  Either it happens
determinately or it happens by pure chance.  I don't see how the lack of
determinacy "proves" free will.

Darrell Plank
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