[davidmurdoch]

My credentials are: I really like reading and watching scientific fiction.

I think the idea of free will and quantum randomness is that the randomness can be influenced by :magic: something else :magic:, e.g., a soul/spirit/diety.

Combining any of wave theory, quantum entanglement, quantum randomness, and string theory and you've got all sorts of fun ways to attempt to justify the idea of free will.

(not taking sides on free will here, I'm just stating there are nearly infinite reasons for it's existence that will be made)

[Vecr]

Yes, that's what I mean by "new physics".

[davidmurdoch]

Not being snarky, but when would "new physics" just became a "theory"? These ideas aren't all that new.

[Vecr]

I didn't say they can't be theories. I don't think Penrose ever got that far though. There theoretically were some measurements that would distinguish the idea, but since it was attached to quantum gravity the math was never worked out.