RE: Do you believe in libertarian free will?
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Neither yes or no.
Each person has a certain range within which a contrary choice is possible.
This range depends on:
-the situation
-the number of parallel universes this person can connect to
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(loosley base on an idea broadly discussed in Neal Stephenson's book Anathem)
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The multiverse is an interesting theory but don't think we will ever be able to interact with any other universe but our own.
We can imagine many different timelines in which a myriad of choices being exercised but the thing to consider is why we make the decisions we do.
I believe that why is knowable although it is incredibly complex. In a universe with x factors involved in a decision and assuming x is static, the same decision will be reached every time.
Unless the inputs change, we will reach the same outcome. If your proposition is that we can deviate from this, my question would be how. What impetus would change our mind from natural course?
The idea is that when considering a decision we might conect with parallel selfs from different timelines where different outcomes of the decision have been experienced already. This then can inform our decision.
This theory describes quite well how I perceive this process: You load up on knowledge, but then immerse into something much deeper, visualizing/feeling different outcomes and suddenly you now which way to go.
If this process can actually bring something really new, or is simply another predetermined path, maybe is another question. Which also is widely discussed in the book mentioned.
In general my experience is that no decision ever is the same. Being rooted in arts I'd say people try really hard to arrive at recipies that produce repeatable art. But it never works, most of the time it's a dead piece of shit ;)