Is the Multiverse True in Our Decisions?

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If the multiverse is true in our decisions, split the universe? Does that provide evidence that we are free? I don't think so. The fact that it was random and could have been otherwise doesn't say that I could have done otherwise. It says nothing at all about the what's special to a libertarian notion of free will. Whether the universe splits or not doesn't matter. And so even if it's like some quantum random quantum event that causes me to make decision that branches off the universe one way and or another way, if that's something that I'm not this is I'm a source and compatibilist maybe here.

Is character destiny, or can fluky decisions or tiny shifts in weather patterns fundamentally change who we are? Does the existence or non-existence of alternate universes have any bearing on freedom and responsibility? David and Tamler conclude their discussion of Ted Chiang’s “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom” along with another very short piece by Chiang called “What’s Expected of Us” that was first published in Nature.

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