One of my first blogs (Probability and human will and Fate, time n God) here is about whether we really have free will or is it all predetermined. Since then, I realized that many people have been trying to answer similar questions.
Princeton is conducting a series of lectures on the so called Free will theorem. There is an interesting discussion regarding the same in slashdot recently. Here, free will is roughly defined as any behavior that is not determined by the past. The fascinating aspect of the theorem is that it roughly implies that if we have free will, then so do elementary particles (like electrons).
My knowledge of quantum mechanics is very limited to understand the theorem completely. May be when I get more time to read and learn about it, I can understand better.
Monday, March 23, 2009
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