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Do you believe that the future is deterministic or non-deterministic? Do you believe in free will? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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A very simple philosophical question that can trigger an existential crisis. Do not sue me if you do get an existential crisis, that was probably a pre-determined event... or is it?

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I mean I personally don't see why the universe is non-deterministic, every time you flip a coin, or roll a dice, if you knew the initial conditions and the forces applied to the coin/dice, the atmosphere, wind, etc., you could predict the results with absolute certainty. And free will does not exist. But that's just my view on this matter, who knows what the universe really is.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Quantum mechanics are probabilistic, which serves as a good argument for the universe as a whole being probabilistic. The position of a single particle could change a great many things!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The Copenhagen interpretation is probabilistic, but there's other interpretations that postulate the existence of hidden variables i.e. stuff that we do not know. Wavefunction collapse is just an illusion IMO.