Reagahn
Schroeders Cat. Cat in a box with a box of poisonous gas, and an amount of plutonium. Poison amount may or may not be . Box is sent into space (meoooooooowww). Plutonium decays, breaks down the box with the poisonous gas inside, poison is releasd. Box brought back to earth. Before the box is opened, the cat can be either or alive. however once the box is opened, the cat is forced to choose one, as it is on display.
So we have the free will to choose which state we are in, but we must be in a certain state.
Schrödinger's Cat. I used that experiment to poke holes in the Uncertainty Principle.
The cat doesn't decide whether it lives or dies, just that the laws of quantum mechanics don't allow for the waveform to collapse until the box is opened, and the experiment was slightly different when I originally read it, although this version seems to work.
I personally believe that free will is based in part off of whether we understand what we're up against. If you look at things from a pragmatic point of view, you start to study each consequence and the consequences thereof. If you're able to do that and make a decision based on that, you've exercised free will. An example of this would be the move I'm making within a week or so. I had to look deep inside, and anticipate certain things. I'll show you.
#1. I expect that I may have to spend a few nights on the street. Perhaps more than a few.
#2. My best friend (who I am relying on) may not be able to help me. Just a fact of life, people suck, and I think his dad doesn't care for me much.
#3. I may not get the first job, or perhaps the first three, that I look for.
#4. I may not be allowed to enroll in a school I already attended, on the basis of the fact that I'm over 18. (Failing this, I'll get my GED. Crappy way for a guy like me to achieve the end of school, but I'll take it.)
#5. My parents do
not want me to move back, and will say everything they can to prevent it.
Having considered these five points, I've decided I'm going to throw caution to the wind. Those who don't take risks don't get rewarded for it. In a week or so, I'm moving back to Michigan, where I was born and, for the most part, raised.
So yes, free will exists. However, it exists on the condition of thought and examination.
