I saw a video on this. It's really mind blowing. Future affecting the past. I don't know what this means about free will.
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Nothing because the interpretation is partly wrong.
It is seriously one of the most fascinating things I’ve ever learned about.
In a completely unscientific way, I believe it’s because we live in a simulation and the uncertainty principle is a computational efficiency algorithm. As an engineer, I would take shortcuts in order to best use resources. If I needed to calculate every particles exact position at all times that would require more processing power. By using a wave function it means you can calculate much more quickly, until a more precise calculation is required.
I personally grapple with the metaphysical implications of this for free will. I think there are other theories or evidence of true randomness (like a recent variation on a theory of quantum gravity) which could mean that we don’t live in a totally deterministic universe.
I just try to live the best life I can. My experience of consciousness is one with free will. If that’s an illusion I still experience free will so I think I can be happy with that.
Thanks, it's great to get the perspective of people that understand these things in a more technical level, since I don't have that. I'm with you on living as if you have free will, anything else is depressing but can be fascinating. What do you think of Universe's nature being of that of a simulation but not actually being a simulation of something more "real". Like it has behaviors and properties that we attribute to simulation, but this is just it's true nature.
I'm unusually wrong 🖖
For computer people there are so many comparisons between the universe and computer graphics.
Of course we render only what is visible.
And that universe is discreet at plank level screams of pixels.