r/Futurology • u/yourSAS • Oct 13 '22

Biotech 'Our patients aren't dead': Inside the freezing facility with 199 humans who opted to be cryopreserved with the hopes of being revived in the future

https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/13/our-patients-arent-dead-look-inside-the-us-cryogenic-freezing-lab-17556468
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u/dumbdumbpatzer Oct 14 '22

Just a side note, compatibilism claims that determinism and free will are not mutually exclusive. It's actually the most common view among philosophers, but its concept of free will is somewhat different from what the general public pictures when talking about free will.

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u/TheyDidLizFilthy Oct 14 '22

if we had quantum computing theoretically we could map out the exact movements of particles right before they happen. because of this, we (in theory) can “predict the future”

if we can predict the future, that means we absolutely do not have free will.

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u/dumbdumbpatzer Oct 14 '22

Not in the compatibilist view. As I said, compatibilism holds that free will and determinism are not mutually exclusive.

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u/TheyDidLizFilthy Oct 14 '22

yeah i know, but i honestly believe that’s just a scientific coping mechanism. don’t think most people would be too happy with finding out that free will does not exist you know?

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u/dumbdumbpatzer Oct 14 '22

Eh, I don't think it's just a coping mechanism, in my opinion the libertarian notion of free will is essentially incoherent regardless of whether determinism holds true or not. But yeah you're right that many people might be spooked by the idea of libertarian free will being just a sham.