I once heard a scientist say that there’s no such thing as free will.?

Question

I once heard a scientist say that there’s no such thing as free will. His argument went something like this: since there’s only the material stuff of the world – atoms, protons, electrons, neurons, synapses, etc. – everything we do can be explained by math or science. We’re all going to do what we’re all going to do because it’s been woven into our biology and the universe. So, my questions to you: Is he wrong? Why? If he right? Why? How do you know? What is free will and do humans have it?

Answer 1

Until and unless, I myself hear, I cannot say anything.

Answer 2

not wrong.....what he probably meant was....since everything is interwoven in this grid quantum machinery we call universe the thing which we call human life on planet earth is also interlaced with it...we are made up of atoms, protons etc and we are constantly bombarded by atoms and cosmic waves....even a science based doctrine called astrology or palmistry works on the same principle so what you thing is you is not....its just a bundle of cosmic energy getting transposed through the bio chemical medium which is human body...and when this setup of consciousness is malfunctioning people wear stones and stuff to reduce or enhance the absorption of cosmic rays...however this whole equation this whole cycle is known as" karma"....which is widely infamous btw and...this whole process is taking place within micro cosmos...ie your body



so you are only consciously fueling your thought process with freewill and it becomes a driving force (the more confidence you have the more freewill and vice versa)



but it is a subtle illusion,in reality the ego makes you think iam doing it....i have this..i have that..i bought a car etc.....but in truth you cant see this cuz you cant see beyond the choices you make...hence you dont realize it was suppose to happen this way......



however....the " We’re all going to do what we’re all going to do" program doesnt go deep in details with human life...and its not ridgid.its a variable entity in this math..you can change your karmas by changing end user thought process which helps you respond to the the macro cosmos...or the real world outside...if you will

hence most of the religious slogans are good thoughts....good deeds....

and since it is not a constant entity...even if a minute part of it changed.it changes the whole equation in the universe...but its not that easy as it sounds....to engage freewill to change this equation..it takes lot of self contemplation..



so there is freewill if you dont not understand the connection with the universe and there is no freewill when you understand it...cuz now you can see beyond your choices..you will do things spontaneously and effortlessly

Answer 3

He is right and wrong.

We do not have free will, and we do have free will.



It is true, that everything is physically explainable, and thus "CAN" be calculated, if all information was correctly imputed and computed. You can predict how a die would roll if you knew all the factors.



Yet, we are not creatures who can receive all this information and we are not creatures who can compute it all. Therefore, no matter how hard we try to predict what will happen, there will always be an area of error. In the area of the highly complex human brain, it is easy to see if someone is thinking, and even to tell if someone is lying, but the information is too complex and massive to actually predict what their free will is.



Even if you can predict what someone will logically do, it's harder to predict someone illogical.

But there are consequences to our actions. So therefore, we must act in forethought to consequence.



You can say someone has no free will, but he still has the logical capacity compute factors, and therefore should face the consequences as a weight of his computation. If he was a criminal who claimed he had no free will, we must still punish him, because it is still a logical consequence.



However, free will or not, you still have a consciousness, which is an observer to reality and you have no way to predict what someone will do, nor predict any other large events. So to your subjective mindset, you and everyone does have free will, because there is no way to calculate will otherwise.

Answer 4

Logical Fallacy. Leading the conclusion. We have not learned everything from Math or Science.

Logical Fallacy, Concluding the negative. The Universe is made up only of material stuff.



We have not learned everything so concluding what man will learn is leading the conclusion.

Just because we have not found anything other than (item a) does not mean that Item b does not exist.

This is a poor statement in scientific terms and leads me to question the integrity of the"Scientist".

Answer 5

That's nonsense. No matter how smart a scientist thinks he is he still can predict the outcome of an experiment only with percentages. There are plenty of things scientists know for a fact and have no idea why they are that way. (Look up the two slit experiment.) Any scientist who says otherwise is blowing smoke. A lot of scientists blow a lot of smoke. In general, a scientist would rather be wrong than uncertain.

Answer 6

He is wrong, because creatures like animals act based on instinct, and giving no will to change the behaviour outside of what they know. Humans have free will, because they have a sense to make their lives easier and better. The difference between man and animals is that we are now the dominant species, we have used tools to build everything we want. Animals aren't well known in using tools, and they are still trying to adapt to their situations. Free will cannot be explained, as it is caused by the will to move on beyond curiosity to exploration.

Free will is a gift from God to humans to make decisions for themselves. We are not subject to destiny, we control our own lives and futures. Animals and insects do not, as they follow pure instincts to survive.