Did I read Meat Bot correctly when he wrote that his choices were controlled by the laws of physics?

Question

so when he goes to lunch today, which law of physics will control what he chooses to eat?

Answer 1

Let me tell you what, you go choose something to eat and don't let physics get in your way....retard. Retard.

Answer 2

What choice does a marble have? Yet if you drop it into a bean machine:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_machine

You get different results.

Does the marble really have a choice? Or do very slight variations in the starting conditions affect the path the marble takes?

The same applies to chemical reactions. these are not random events, nor can they be controlled by wishes or desires.

So, your brain is a huge complicated mass of neurons that react according to defined physical laws. But if those laws are defined, then the thoughts that you have are predictable, and if they are predictable what free will do you have?

There are two possible answers:

Quantum effects will exist at the quantum level. These are not predictable, only observable after the fact. These will have a knock on effect that will alter the non-quantum parts of your brain making it non-predictable.

Your brain is predictable, you have no true free will. However, it is so complex and so chaotic a system that, for all practical purposes, you can be considered as having free will and are responsible for your actions.


Either way yes, the laws of physics will dictate what MeatBot will eat for lunch. Whether they are random quantum laws, or non-random laws of regular physics and chemistry. Just because you can are unable to see the relationship between physical laws and their interactions on incredibly complex systems does not mean that the laws of the universe will change for you. Just because you are unable to predict what MeatBot will eat does not make it random.

Answer 3

Perhaps there is no connection between the synapses in his brain.... : )


BTW: The synapse is the area where the presynaptic neuron and the postsynaptic neuron meet. This space is where neurotransmitters cross from one synapse to the other to trigger a response (ie muscle reflex).

Answer 4

You heard me right, Paco. My brain will make the choice. My brain works by using chemical and electrical signals to process input from the senses, producing output in the form of thoughts and actions. It's all physics, my friend.

Answer 5

Yes. Neurons firing in your brain are bound by the laws of physics as much as everything else is. In a deterministic universe, you are a little read-write turing machine ticking along reading and writing from and to your environment, interacting with all these other read-write turing machines. Which gives rise to complexity, but ultimately free will is crock.

Which is what the point was, not what law it was or what he had for lunch.

Answer 6

Didn't see the question, but sounds logical. Him being a physical (bio-mechanical?) being and all. Comes down to quantum effects in the neurons.

Answer 7

Exactly. This is like watching someone enjoying watching their lifelong sports team (say, the Yankees) and saying, "I don't get it - it's jut 9 men standing in a brown and green field!"

Answer 8

Meat Bot is always profound, at times just profound at other profoundly stupid.

He wont even give Chemistry any credit. His fan club will support him regardless of what he says.

Answer 9

Meat Bot is never correct about much. Just an antagonist. A lot of his so called questions don't make much sense and in reality are one side of an uneducated argument.

Answer 10

Its all about chemical reactions on a basic level, these are governed by the laws of physics, I can get where he's coming from..."you canna change the laws of physics" Scotty, star treck.