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I think it's much more than just speculation. For instance, Penrose and Hameroff predicted quantum vibrations in microtubules. Discovery of quantum vibrations in 'microtubules' inside brain neurons supports controversial theory of consciousness...

I would say yes. The growing field of Quantum Biology I think points to this. You have many good theories of a Quantum Mind out there but keep in mind, there's little to no research or real money put into these areas because many people will say consciousness must emerge from the material brain...

Again, you're debating semantics just like you didn't like the term free will. I try to stay away from semantic debates and stick to the merits but here we go. Conway is smart to say disproved because to disprove something is to show that it's false. You can refute an argument without showing...

The free will theorem is a clear refutation of determinism. Conway and Kochen makes this clear in their lectures. Here's how Conway ended 1 lecture. He says there's no reason to believe in determinism because there's no evidence for it. Here's a full lecture: Saying determinism is...

What claim have I made that's false? I never said nor have Kochen and Conway that they disprove determinism. I have repeatedly said that throughout this thread. So of course determinism is logically possible but as they said so is solipsism. My point is, the free will theorem does restrain any...

I don't think it's strange because the Authors wanted to go deeper than just unpredictability. You can see this in their lectures. They're not saying that this free choice is just the appearance of free choice and there's some physical mechanism that really determines the choice of the...

Of course it does and Conway talks about this in his lectures. If the choice is determined then the Determinist must explain what physical mechanism is determining what choice the experimenter makes which which would also restrain what history the particle can be in. It says: It follows that...

This is true and this is why Conway says at the beginning of his lecture that it's not his job to disprove determinism. In order for determinism to be a viable alternative though, it's on the shoulders of Determinists to show how their theory doesn't conflict with the free will theorem.

Free will in the context of the free will theorem is two sided. They also say the particle has free will. In this sense, the history of the particle can't be restrained by any physical mechanism that determines the choice of the Experimenter. They say: f the choice of directions in which to...

True, but nobody has shown why their arguments are wrong. They just have said that they don't like the term free will and this is philosophy. I have presented the theorem on it's merits as you said. Saying you're not convinced by their arguments is subjective, saying why their arguments aren't...

I haven't talked about semantics. Most of my posts are on the merits of the theorem. Others have talked about semantics and how they don't like the term free will. The Authors explain why they chose to call it free will. Again, I have not debated semantics, I briefly responded to post that said...

I understand this, I only pointed it out this time as a way to refute the claim that what they were saying was mumbo jumbo. Ido think the Pedigree of the Authors of the theorem come into play in that instant. Throughout most of the thread, I have defended the results based on the merits as you...

This is far from mumbo jumbo. Conway and Kochen have rigorously went through the results in their published paper on the free will theorem and the strong free will theorem. After it was published, they haven't backed down from their results. They have done lectures, interviews, answered...

I disagree and so does Conway and Kochen. There not just talking about the appearance of choice as you are. They're saying that the Experimenters choice is determined by his/her will alone and there can't be any mechanism that's an element of physical reality that can determine what the...

Again, I don't know what else you think they should call it. I asked you this earlier. They published the paper. They came up with the theorem and they explain exactly why they use the term free will. Free will as opposed to determinism. Again, this is a familiar debate that the Authors say...