Re: Free Will vs. Determinism
The argument against determinism doesn't even need to involve quantum mechanics, but instead the recognition that a life devoid of stimulus is impossible. Anyone could tell you that if as person was born into a stimulus void that you could determine what they'd do... they'd float in a pool of their own filth with little to no brain activity at all. Stimulus and how we react to it is inherent to the human experience, and it the very building block on conscious thought.
Neo's statement was basically saying that if a human were unconscious, you would depict their every move... another breakthrough discovery published in the scientific journal "Duh".
This is why science should be removed from philosophy, because science demands a static universe where only what we "know" is considerable, to the point that unproven leading theories are treated as fact because the unknown cannot be engaged in scientific conversation. Philosophy is the examination of the unknown, so to use science as a measuring stick for philosophy is like examining an apple to learn about an orange.
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