Thank you metagame for considering the philosophical and mathematical implications! Here's an (unpublished) proposal for a consistency proof that free will is finite.
Conway's Free Will Theorem: "if we have free will ... so must some elementary particles"
Infinity cannot be approximated with finite numbers (MIP* = RE "Prior to the new work, mathematicians had wondered whether they could get away with approximating infinite-dimensional matrices by using large finite-dimensional ones instead. Now, because the Connes embedding conjecture is false, they know they can’t.")
-> The future can never be perfectly preordained (Gisin "If numbers cannot have infinite strings of digits, then the future can never be perfectly preordained.")
Computers can only run recursive simulations, they can never actually reach infinity. The Turing Machine (cellular automaton Rule 110) can only expand to the limit of the tape.
Yet we can choose to surrender our free will to the greater good, and be part of the infinite pattern (cellular automaton Rule 90 Sierpinski Triangle). Rather than crystallising in ourselves, we should thank the root node, and thank others and love our neighbour, continuing the growth.
It takes me a while to write blog posts, but I have some rough notes about many topics: fractals especially the Sierpiński triangle, singing/reading/writing/listening/speaking/typing, therapeutic games, language invoking spirits, aunties dancing in parks to keep streets safe at night (via HN).
If you'd be willing to read those rough notes and tell me which categories are more interesting, that would help to prioritise the blog post writing! Like a good engineer, it's turning vague user requests into specific actionable requirements.
Here's the briefest of thoughts about litter and saving the environment:
• Love your neighbours the trees and birds. People first, but we are to steward God's creation. The ocean knows us only by our litter.
• While you go, clean now. "If not me, who? If not now, when?"
Which means we're probably being simulated right now. Hm. Let's hope they left `sv_cheats` available.