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Old 02-05-2010, 09:52 PM
Nesti (Mark)
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Shane, I've been struggling with something similar for some time. I have been trying to understand how is it possible for Free-Will (Freedom of Choice) and deterministic properties of the universe to coexist peacefully.

The funny thing is-is that it seems to be entwined with time and, well, just about everything else actually.

A while ago, I stumbled upon two papers from Aharonov. They describe quite a bit about what where you're going.

I won't bother explaining anything, I'll just give you the links and let you read it for yourself.

If you read the Summaries first you'll get a good mental picture before reading the bulk.

For both doc's, just click one of the download options in the top right of the web page.

New Insights on Time-Symmetry in Quantum Mechanics
Yakir Aharonov and Jeff Tollaksen
http://arxiv.org/abs/0706.1232

Two-time interpretation of quantum mechanics
Yakir Aharonov and Eyal Y. Gruss
http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0507269

Hope you enjoy them.

Cheers
Mark

PS, Aharonov was a student of Bohm and I think it shows in his literary style.
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