[FRIAM] alternative response

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Marcus, 

Free from WHAT exactly?  What is having free will freedom FROM?  And what is Will that is not free.  Aren't we having an oxymoron problem?  

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Nicholas Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
Clark University
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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Marcus Daniels
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 6:40 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] alternative response

Anyone that says an ABM can display Free Will, running on what we conventionally call a serial computer, is certainly talking about a different concept.      

On 6/15/20, 5:35 PM, "Friam on behalf of glen∉ℂ" <friam-bounces at redfish.com on behalf of gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:

    I agree. I doubt it would display free will, too. But it's an interesting question whether it would or not. It's an even more interesting question whether it would *look* like it exhibited free will, which is the question RussA asked.

    On 6/15/20 3:25 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
    > Ok, I can make an ABM of that.   Surely such an ABM does not display free will.

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