The Strong Free Will Theorem (2009) [pdf]
I really think this, along with much philosophical musing about free will, is entirely missing the point. Pre-determination is essential to free will. You literally cannot have free will without it. Random choice, or even non-predetermined correlated outcomes of entangled objects don&#x27;t lead to free will, they lead to uncertain decisions and those are not the same thing.<p>If my decisions are not a product of my prior state, then they are not my decisions. The definition of &#x27;me&#x27; is my prior state. If my decisions are unpredictable given complete knowledge of my prior state, and the ability to extrapolate it forward, then the decisions do not come from me. If they&#x27;re not mine, then I have no responsibility for them. Any discussion of my responsibility for my actions must take into account my personal contribution to the decision as a being.<p>Dualism does not solve this problem. It simply foists a chunk of a person&#x27;s state into some non-material constituent, but if that constituent does not have a persistent (though presumably malleable) state or does not deterministically contribute to the process, again whence comes responsibility?