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Originally Posted by TinyRedLeaf

In this sense, determinism cannot be possible. Free will, the ability to make a conscious choice, is thus most definitely not an illusion in this case. The outcome of the choice is not "determined" in advance.

You mean, that the "reality" which we often regard and quote to other people, is nothing more than a generally agreed upon and followed perception?

When I think of "free will", I am referring to such conscious thought, something we all have some measure of direct control over, regardless of pre-existing biological constraints.

One question - what about the subconscious thoughts?

Scientific research has pointed out that, our subconscious thought is extremely powerful and creative due to its "freedom of movement" within the sea of knowledge in our minds, yet a large part of it is untapped. My theory is that our fear of the unknown, and of death and madness, is the biggest and most damaging inhibitor that restricts our "free will".

In short, we are our own victims of control. Apathy apparently doesn't improve that condition.

Originally Posted by Vexx

Einstein later retracted that statement (according to him, one of his biggest blunders). He did remain (as do many scientists) unsatisfied with core quantum mechanics since it remains hardly more than a set of tools than "an explanation".

At least it's better than the pre-Einstein "Becuz Iz Liddat!" statement as given by most "quantum mechanists" at that time.

The biggest problem with quantum mechanics making any real sense is that it is based around the concept of energy being quantified, which is formerly thought to be the the factor that affect the properties of masses within spacetime.

Let's start by explaining Newton's Laws. The laws revolve around a single assumption that the mass cannot be changed, which is supposedly a fact in those days. Then, with the advent of nuclear science, it has been found that mass can be changed, thus adding another variable to the equation and forming the base idea behind quantum mechanics.

Subsequently, the subatomic particles are found to be highly erratic in their motions, an occurrence known as entropy. However, there are limits to the randomness due to the the initial constants found in the starting equations, so this simply branches out into something known as Quantum Field Theory. Similarly, the idea of the QFT also presents anomalies in the experiments conducted at quantum phase transitions, for example, the state of matter which has more tightly packed particles than a solid is known as the Bose-Einstein Condensate. So it begs the question : will further packing particles into a smaller volume create another state of matter with a radically different properties?

The benefit of doubt in the plausibility of the sciences, facts and theories are the gap creators between complete logic and the current state of quantum mechanics, as the scientists conduct more experiments, more anomalies appear. However, some of these anomalies fall within a distinct pattern of occurrence, such as the simple photoelectric effect of light on metals. This gives rise to an oxymoronic term "deterministic chaos", meaning that within chaos there is a pattern, however, within the pattern, there is more chaos.

And this is already proven in the mathematical study of fractals. Whether applied to the idea of quantum mechanics or the topic itself, the maths fits, but we don't know how much because of the "chaos within chaos which we can see but not known at the extreme details". Thus the name "Chaos Theory" : theoretically, everything can be proven, practically, everything is in chaos.