by Many physicists today are arguing that as everything is predetermined by cause and effect we therefore have no free will. But this lady's hypothesis of how one day a supercomputer might be able to predict the future is interesting. The hypothetical supercomputer will be able to predict her future, but as she has access to this knowledge this will most likely alter her behaviour. Now, whatever she chooses, the supercomputer will be able to predict it. But this knowledge alters her behaviour and changes the future. [embedded content]The Physics of Free Will
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Many physicists today are arguing that as everything is predetermined by cause and effect we therefore have no free will.
But this lady's hypothesis of how one day a supercomputer might be able to predict the future is interesting.
The hypothetical supercomputer will be able to predict her future, but as she has access to this knowledge this will most likely alter her behaviour. Now, whatever she chooses, the supercomputer will be able to predict it. But this knowledge alters her behaviour and changes the future.