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by s1artibartfast 976 days ago
Free will or lack of it is a distinction without meaning. Outside of religious implications, it makes no difference if agents make specific actions as a result of the configuration of one's matter, or the configuration of a spirit.

Lack of free will does not remove accountability for one's actions. An individual is a good or bad actor by the nature of their actions and behavior.

Similarly, a lack of free will does not mean predetermination or predictability.

To build a 100% accurate predictive model, you would have to duplicate the world and play it forward in time. This mean the events would have to actually happen before you can predict them.