This delay doesn't prove by itself if we have or not free will.
What makes me wonder is if there is a random element on our thought or not.
If there is no random element, than as long as we are able to map, our brain, it should be possible to know how we will react to any given input. In other words we could just be advanced automatons with self learning ability, but no real free will, just a really big and complex decision making tree.
Anyone's decision to reply to this thread or not, may be based on free will, or it may be based on past experiences and knowledge that bring you to that action. Who knows !
To counter this we either have to find some element of randomness (and we generally are not that random), or something completely different and away from our current understanding.
Either way it's totally unknown and unproven. Fascinating thoughts.
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This delay doesn't prove by itself if we have or not free will. What makes me wonder is if there is a random element on our thought or not. If there is no random element, than as long as we are able to map, our brain, it should be possible to know how we will react to any given input. In other words we could just be advanced automatons with self learning ability, but no real free will, just a really big and complex decision making tree. Anyone's decision to reply to this thread or not, may be based on free will, or it may be based on past experiences and knowledge that bring you to that action. Who knows ! To counter this we either have to find some element of randomness (and we generally are not that random), or something completely different and away from our current understanding. Either way it's totally unknown and unproven. Fascinating thoughts.