Free Will in a Quantum Universe

Consciousness, Artificial Intelligence, and the Human Machine

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Are we automatons enslaved to cause and effect, or do we make real choices during the course of our lives? For thousands of years, philosophers and theologians have pondered this matter. Predestination or free will? The Existentialist thinkers in early 20th century came down heavily in the latter camp. Jean…