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#34 - In defense of freewill: three ways that consciousness might collapse the wave function

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The Role of Free Will in Quantum Mechanics

In quantum mechanics, we have two different processes that are at odds with each other: deterministic evolution of the wave function and then a break in reality where we jump into one state or another. And so this measurement process applies. It chooses randomly or stochastically, which is just another word for a random process. So maybe there's a chance for us to have this break in reality, and we can introduce some more humanistic concept of choice or a sense of will into the reduction process. I'm going to dive into three different ways, three different models for how free will might play a role.

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