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We are probably arguing semantics but the alternative to pre-determination is not free will as much as it is probabilistic.

Yes this _will_ happen verse this will _most likely_ happen.

Free will is the ability to influence the probability that a certain outcome is realized. Your decisions could be predictable as a function of probability.

Your definition of 'me' (your prior state) includes the quantum states of your constitute parts. Just because there is a degree of uncertainty in those states does not mean they are not of 'you'.

The degree of pre-determination is just a matter of scale (akin to classical vs quantum). The deeper you go the less pre-determined something can be.




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