Free Will

2-10-06
I witnessed a discussion on free will vs. determinism last night. Interesting dichotomy, but there was much more heat than light shed on the subject. My take is this: Free Will is not subject to the linear mechanistic theories of the 19th century Naive Realism (Benjamin's Libet's 300 millisecond delayed consciousness experiments). Instead, Free Will can only be explained by the same template that explains Relativity and Quantum Mechanics: Randomness and Emergence. Ironically, it is Determinism that is illusory, not Free Will.