| free will is a product of complexity turbulence. if a complex system can be disentangled to explain certain causes producing certain results, the system exhibits a form of laminar flow in time and space. otherwise it exhibits turbulence. while certain forms of turbulence appear indecipherable at first, it turns out some of the turbulence can be predicted by identifying vortex patterns. at the margin beyond those identifiable vortexes, lies the the volume in which entropy of turbulent flow goes asymptotic towards proveable non-decipherability. thats where free will is.in that volume. so free will might 'not exist' but still be comprised as an emergent property of provably undecipherable turbulence. if we can prove that causation can NEVER possibly be found, then we can express this as free will. god of the gaps. free will of the gaps. as such, even a bacteria may be found to have indetifiable free will in a number of studied circumstances. ypu may have to look in very fine detail to find it. find what? find the indecipherablr margin where the bacteria takes actions upon itself and its environment. animals most certainly can be found to have free will. the real question for human civilization is not whether we have free will. the big question is how we follow a code of ethics to hold people accountable and responsible for their actions. that is the bedrock of faith in our way of life. individually and together. |