Free Will - 1
As is known, determinism leaves no room for free will since in a completely deterministic world only one outcome is possible. Now some rekcon, including myself, that free will can emerge from the nature of the quantum world. However, trying to explain free will by probabilistic outcomes of wave function collapse may not be a solution if only because these outcomes are always random and we can't control or influence them.
In the long terms, we can't claim that we're responsible for our actions in either case: neither if our decisions are entirely predetermined, nor if they're a matter of random quantum chance.
Instead, let's remember that wave functions exist in the Possible* -- you already know which interpretations of quantum mechanics I like and adhere to** -- which means that their present state is not determined by the past. Possibles exist in the future and from there affect the present -- that's what I mean by the oppositely directed arrow of time in this blog.*** As I read in one forum, 'We humans live embedded in the constraints of space and time, but wave functions don't'
When you're in a state like a wave function (i.e. unentangled or, in other words, independent), you're free from your past (from your karma) and guided by your intuition (the anticipation of the future)
which tells you what you should do in the long run to maintain this state of mind -- and there's nothing extraordinarily or mystical about it; it's just a natural result of being independent -- that's what I call Zen intuition.****
And the choice you have to make is always a binary one: whether to remain independent and enjoy the benefits of being like a wave function, such as to continue to be able to make a choice, or to merge with something and become part of it.
To make it clear, if, for example, you start to ponder what is best thing to swap your independence for, then it's no longer a matter of free will since you've already made your choice. Free will is relevant to those who're unentangled, and from their perspective, the choice is always between not merging and merging; the only exception to this rule is perhaps if you're entangled but decided to break the ties.
On top of that, there's an opinion among physicists that entanglement may be the cause of existence of the arrow of time. What then does it mean to be unentangled? In any case, in this state, you're absolutely free, independent to such an extent that you're on your own.
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*A Hypothesis: Res Potentia and Res Extensa Linked By Merriment
https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2011/01/03/132607500/an-hypothesis-res-potentia-and-res-extensa-linked-by-measurement
*Is The Possible Ontologically Real?
https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2012/01/09/144899020/is-the-possible-ontologically-real
** The Walking Zen - Zen without a Teacher: ZEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF QUANTUM MECHANICS - 1
https://0zen1.blogspot.com/2024/06/zen-from-perspective-of-quantum.html
*** https://0zen1.blogspot.com/search/label/time
**** The Walking Zen - Zen without a Teacher: intuition
https://0zen1.blogspot.com/search/label/intuition
To be continued
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