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Friday, December 4, 2020

Free will - an inappropriate question ?

The question of free will has been debated for quite a long time. I think there is a different way to look at the question. The notion of free will assumes a geometry of us existing in a universe / context in which we are separate from that context and have / have not some agency in that context based on criteria such as morality or efficacy or .... If we remove the separation / distinction between us and the universe / context, we are part of the universe / context. With this perspective, the universe is unfolding, emerging new capabilities. We are one of the manifestations of these emerging "features". What is possible to emerge, what is the direction or end point of that emergence? At a certain level of complexity in a system, the only what to know the end point of that system is to let it run its course / unfold. There is no "shortcut" to the final answer. It seems to me that we are in such a complex system. Where this unfolding leads is a "mystery" to be resolved when we / the universe get to that, if ever. Does one ever get to the end of infinity? Is there a final turtle on which all the other turtles are resting?

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