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Free will is about indeterminism which is not the same as unpredictability. Something can theoretically be impossible to predict while also being destined to happen. A minority thinks this is the case for quantum mechanics.

Consciousness as a source for indeterminism If a consciousness can make decisions freely then you get indeterminism since otherwise the decisions are is actually made by the consciousness. This would require something like panpsychism since we observe indeterminism everywhere.

What others have to say about libertarian free will The definition mentioned in wikipedia does not require that the indeterminism originate from your consciousness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism_(metaphysics) This is also the definition used in this video: He made another video...

Does nuclear spin allow for quantum consciousness? Multiple papers have been published on this, it does not seem to be conclusive in either direction. http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.05929 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00541/full https://arxiv.org/pdf/1711.04801.pdf

Quantum theories of consciousness The no-cloning theorem would then make it impossible to copy a quantum soul since the wavefunction collapses when it is measured. Therefore you cannot copy or destroy a quantum soul, it can only be transferred. The no-hiding theorem would make destruction of a...

True randomness vs pseudorandomness For a process to be truly random it cannot merely be a deterministic result of inputs (random or not). Take Actinium 227 for example, it can spontaneously decay without any external cause (random or not). This is an example of a first cause (at least as far...

War is very brutal even when various conventions are followed. Here we see females on one side and dead males on the other side

It might be better to define free will as "intentions/desires that emerged in a non-deterministic manner" but practically this doesn't make much of a difference for the topic on whether or not humans have free will. It would however mean that a single uranium 235 atom wouldn't have free will...

Debunking "abortion should be legal because "my body my choice"" There are 2 aspects of bodily autonomy 0. The right to refuse a medical treatment 1. The right to access a medical treatment In most countries none of these are applies universally. The left recently tried to force covid...

The case for religious faith in authority The form of governance with the best potential is to have an elite of 7 to 315 senators with absolute political power over society. https://vintologi.com/threads/elite-rule.24/ People having religious faith in their leaders will allow for effective...

Conscious free will For your consciousness itself to have free will it has to be be non-deterministic, it cannot just be the result of random processes. So the true randomness has to be part of your consciousness. This of course requires some form of quantum consciousness. A molecule...

How should free will be defined? Generally people who reject the notion of free will are using some nonsensical definition of it that clearly cannot exist. Most of these people are not even able to come up with a scientific definition for it. When you are using a clear scientific definition...

The case against deterministic interpretations of quantum mechanics First off it's rather unlikely that our universe would seem to be fundamentally indeterministic if it isn't. Not yet proven to be impossible but most likely if you have something fundamentally deterministic it will be possible...

MRI studies and conscious free will One study were able to predict whether someone would push a button in advance with 60% accuracy, some people have claimed that this would refute conscious free will but of course it doesn't. https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.1038/nn.2112 60/40 true probability...

Free will and criminal 'justice' People have the wrong idea about punishments, it's about social control, it's not about fairness. If your child get killed via murder no punishment is going to bring your child back so you will never see real justice. Punishment can serve multiple purposes...

For simplisticy we are just going to define free will as internal indeterminism for some entity. An entity has free will then it's actions are not fully determined by outside inputs. Quantum mechanics seems to work in such an indeterminate manner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell's_theorem...

The case for religion/reliscience We are seeing clearly how lack of religion is failing us. Today religious people are happier and have more reproductive success. pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/31/are-religious-people-happier-healthier-our-new-global-study-explores-this-question/...

Debunking: the dollar and gold is also backed by nothing First let's start with gold. While gold can be used for money and a store of value it also has other uses giving it intrinsic value and a backing https://www.bullionbypost.co.uk/index/gold/uses-of-gold/ That's around half the yearly...

Why crypto-holders should be afraid of central bank digital currency I see a lot of fear-mongering being pushed about how central bank digital currency will supposedely lead to some dystopia. This of course is utter nonsense. If the government is actually bad then you are in trouble with or...

Constructed states vs states resting on the past States that are constructed tend to be more militaristic and also stronger. The roman empire for example was build via conquest. Unites states and Israel were both created by taking lands from people who used to live there and both have very...