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by uniqueid 1874 days ago
From what I understand of the Many-Worlds Theory, if it's correct, we can have both 'free will' and 'determinism': a man orders pizza, in 90% of possible futures he chooses a Margherita which is his favorite, but in 10% he orders something else.
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But the choice in MWI is random, which isn't any more "free" than determinism.
Those are just statistics or hypotheticals. It's only facts after the action is made.

  It's only facts after the action is made.
My understanding of Many Worlds is probably wrong then. I assumed that every outcome exists (every possible world in the — relative to you right now — past, present, and future), and that any particular outcome is only 'special' to the copy of you in that universe.
Sounds hypothetical ;)