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anonymous asked 1 week ago

Hi, Shalom Rabbi, can there be free choice without a soul component? I had an argument about this with a friend. He claimed that there is, because he feels that there is, and that there could simply be something (which is still considered matter) that we haven't discovered that causes us to have free choice. I'm interested in your opinion.

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Michi Staff answered 1 week ago

You ask whether, according to the known laws of physics, a material object can have a choice? In my opinion, no.

anonymous replied 1 week ago

Can you direct me to where you wrote about this in more detail?

Michi Staff replied 1 week ago

In the book The Science of Freedom and briefly in the article on freedom of will here on the site.

Michi Staff replied 1 week ago

https://mikyab.net/%d7%9e%d7%90%d7%9e%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%9d/%d7%9e%d7%91%d7%98-%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%98%d7%aa%d7%99-%d7%a2%d7%9c-%d7%97%d7%95%d7%a4%d7%a9-%d7%94%d7%a8%d7%a6%d7%95%d7%9f/

anonymous replied 1 week ago

Thank you very much.

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