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What are some physics-based arguments against hard determinism?

I don’t believe free will is real. I’m not a deep physics person (and relatively bad at math), but with my undergrad understanding of chemistry, classical mechanics, and electromagnetism, it seems most rational that we are creatures entirely controlled by our environments and what we ingest and inhale....

doublejay ,

The very concept of the Self, presumably the director of free will, in context, is under threat. Eastern philosophies has held this position for centuries - now science seems like the idea :

https://bigthink.com/the-well/eastern-philosophy-neuroscience-no-self/

I don’t suppose any of you meditate by any chance ?

doublejay ,

which is hugging on the floor. in speedos.

Japan: Can anything be done to stop population decline? (www.dw.com)

The latest numbers on Japanese population make for a dismal reading — the number of people who died in 2022 (1.56 million) was roughly twice as big as the number of newborn children (771,000). Based on residency registrations, the country’s Internal Ministry estimates a total population loss of some 800,000 last year. This...

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