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		Workaccount2 on Nov 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Science of Life Without Free Will by Robert Sapo... The universe is not deterministic because it has a constant stream of fundamental randomness (quantum noise) running through it. This is how you end up with the deterministic-random dichotomy.

munksbeer on Nov 30, 2023 [–]

We do not know that for sure. Yes, it looks like that, but there could be determinism all the way, we're just not equippted to measure it.

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