Comments on: Wants And Needs https://briankoberlein.com/2016/01/18/wants-and-needs/ Brian Koberlein Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:26:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.3 By: Thibaut Dumont https://briankoberlein.com/2016/01/18/wants-and-needs/#comment-5001 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 16:47:24 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=5665#comment-5001 Hi Brian, thanks a lot for your article.

Quantum physic, to this day, tells us some events have a non-deterministic outcome, so fate has high chance to not be. On the other hand, we might not have free-will either in the sense that the only non-deterministic known phenomenons do not advocate for the notion of choice but just for a probabilistic outcome.

May I say that on a macro-scale, our life is still mainly driven by deterministic laws ? Am I correct too if I say that if a quantum system’s non-deterministic outcome influences our life the path we take would just be the outcome of a random draw ? If so, then what could humans rely on as a concept replacing fate which is in harmony with our understanding of the universe ? If I meet my “soulmate”, is there any philosophical view that answers the ‘how ?’ in a more convenient and emotional way than ‘an infinitely complex deterministic system at a certain macro-scale which actually isn’t deterministic in the extend that it relies on probabilistic outcomes at a certain level’ ?

Cheers !

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By: Brian Koberlein https://briankoberlein.com/2016/01/18/wants-and-needs/#comment-3531 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 00:16:50 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=5665#comment-3531 Sabine herself looks at the work as a proof of concept, not a rigorous argument.

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By: Chris Mannering https://briankoberlein.com/2016/01/18/wants-and-needs/#comment-3529 Wed, 20 Jan 2016 21:20:00 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=5665#comment-3529 I’d have to say the standard of Sabine’s paper and, with all respect, is underwhelming. It seems that the more fundamental progress slows, the less thoughtful and – able – physicists become; the more arrogance and hubris they display. The best people of yesteryear in physics, would approached things more humbly, and written more brilliantly

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By: Alan Mindbender https://briankoberlein.com/2016/01/18/wants-and-needs/#comment-3525 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:42:56 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=5665#comment-3525 Is the question of freewill a result of 4d space? In other words, if the 4th dimension encompasses all of the 3rd dimension, beginning middle and end, does that mean the 4th dimension is already determined, like points on a graph? Am I understanding the source of the conundrum correctly?

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