How Quantum is Life?

Free will is reconceived in terms of degree of unpredictability rather than absolute opposition to determinism. So conceived, it retains its traditional expected character: unpredictable choices which in retrospect reflect individual traits and justify moral responsibility. This “somewhat free will” is explained in terms of counterpredictive strategies, restrictions on computability by embedded agents, and self-referential interaction between the unconscious and conscious mind. Libet’s finger moving experiment, widely regarded as the strongest such evidence against conscious will, is reconsidered and appears consistent with this view of free will.
Steven R Brock
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