Unpredictability is perfectly possible in a deterministic universe
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.09050v1
- Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 21:21:19 GMT
- Title: Unpredictability is perfectly possible in a deterministic universe
- Authors: Chiara Marletto and Vlatko Vedral
- Abstract summary: We revisit the question of how unpredictability can arise in a deterministic universe, focusing on unitary quantum theory.
We discuss why quantum unpredictability is irrelevant for the possibility of what some people call free-will', and why existing free-will' arguments are themselves irrelevant to argue for or against a physical theory.
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- Abstract: We revisit the vexed question of how unpredictability can arise in a
deterministic universe, focusing on unitary quantum theory. We discuss why
quantum unpredictability is irrelevant for the possibility of what some people
call `free-will', and why existing `free-will' arguments are themselves
irrelevant to argue for or against a physical theory.
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