Discussing This with ChatGPT-4
Does free will exist? Like, was it predetermined from the Big Bang that 13.8 billion years later that I would be sitting at this computer terminal (also predetermined to be designed and built by others who had no choice in the matter) typing this query into you, the smartest thing in the universe that apparently also had no choice in existing and in answering my query? I cannot see how determinism can survive such a query.
ChatGPT-4
The question of whether free will exists is a profound and longstanding philosophical debate. It intersects with various disciplines, including physics, neuroscience, philosophy, and even theology. The essence of your query touches upon two major philosophical positions: determinism and free will.
- Determinism posits that all events, including moral choices, are determined by previously existing causes. In the context of the Big Bang, a strict deterministic view would suggest that every event in the universe, including your action of typing this query, was set in motion from the initial conditions of the universe. This viewpoint often leans on physical laws and the predictability of the universe, as understood through science.
- Free Will, on the other hand, is the idea that humans have the ability to make choices that are not…
