Subject: Re: Free will?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Our reactions are dictated by genetics and "stuff that happens to us" (sthtu). Neither of which we can control.

I don't see how the decision to tap a finger on the desk right now is dictated by genetics. And sthtu seems about as vague a notion as can be imagined.

it can be shown that they only truly random things are quantum, and "random" is not choice

Simple continuity, as in the persistence of matter, would seem to demand an influence upon otherwise random quantum processes.

it seems like we all have choice because it's too complex a system for any of us to map out.

I don't doubt that boundless complexification is beyond comprehension. But I'm also convinced that infinite possibilities necessarily include individual initiatives.

Just some thoughts.

Tom