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Thanks for your comments everyone. Food for thought.
I was thinking along the lines of calculating thoughts. We can calculate where a planet will be because we understand the math. We can calculate what atoms will (probably) do for the same reason. So when all of the atoms vibrating away in my brain produce a thought, is that able to be calculated? Is there a mathematical expression that describes it? If not, how does mathematically predicable patterns in nature become unpredictable in our brains? I guess I am asking what is consciousness????
I believe we have true free will, but I am wondering what the scientific explanation is for how it exists in a mechanical/mathematical universe, if that makes sense? I know there is a lot of philosophy on this subject but I'm more interested in science than philosophy.
Thanks again, Shane
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