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Free will and quantum mechanics

שו”תCategory: Torah and ScienceFree will and quantum mechanics
asked 6 years ago

Hello Rabbi,
The Rabbi addressed in his book “Science of Freedom” and even on the website ( https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Af3yk87xR3HWa6-_2ecgwnynUfaJOyTS/view ) the question of why quantum mechanics cannot explain free will.
There is a doctor of physics, Rabbi Doron Ledvin, whose expertise is in these mechanics, and he actually says that it is possible.
You can watch it on YouTube (watch?v=DdoWRPzToag\)
Does Rabbi Ladevin’s method innovate something that requires a renewed response from His Holiness the Rabbi?
Did the Honorable Rabbi go out to discuss the issue with Rabbi Doron (maybe something will be renewed)?

Best regards, Ehud


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מיכי Staff answered 6 years ago
I had a chance to discuss it with him (he visited my house after my book was published and we discussed it). Unfortunately, I am not currently familiar with the issue and the matters are very delicate.

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אהוד replied 6 years ago

In his book, the rabbi completely rejects this mechanism as an explanation for free will.
On the other hand, from the rabbi's answer here, I get the feeling that perhaps the rabbi is recalculating his course.

Can the rabbi just say, without going into detail, whether there is indeed the beginning of a new way of thinking on the subject?

מיכי Staff replied 6 years ago

No. I'm pretty sure I'm right. He made an argument that I don't remember, and on the surface I disagreed (as far as I remember he also partially admitted to me that there was a problem with his argument). But I didn't go into the details because that would have required me to delve into the subject very intensively.

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