MaxChaplin t1_j9ec2i7 wrote
Reply to comment by frogandbanjo in Compatibilism is supported by deep intuitions about responsibility and control. It can also feel "obviously" wrong and absurd. Slavoj Žižek's commentary can help us navigate the intuitive standoff. by matthewharlow
The higher level doesn't need to be able to explain the physical level in order to be useful. If substrate independence applies, it really is unable to. A calculator built correctly is like a window into the platonic world of arithmetics.
The analogy doesn't decisively prove that people have free will. It's point is to show that determinism doesn't contradict it.
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