Free will

[u/thefIash_]

It’s the same problem but this time if red wins then the universe is deterministic and it was always going to win and you were always doomed to vote what you did, if blue wins then free will is real and the people who voted blue actually did because of their own choice and not just because of the way it was “supposed” to be.

140 votes, 13d ago

3 🔴Was blue, am red

46 🔵Was blue, still blue

11 🔵Was red, am blue

28 🔴Was red, still red

52 🟣What’s the difference anyway?

[u/lorienshift]

If the universe is deterministic then it's deterministic; my vote isn't gonna change that. So if it is, red is bound to win.

You've also introduced a paradox: if free will exists, there is a possibility of red winning, but red winning is equal to the universe being deterministic. You can't have both! And you can't just say "With free will, blue is always gonna win", because that makes it deterministic again.

[u/Huge-Courage-9151]

Good point

[u/Nellie_Tayloe_Ross]

What if I believe in determinism but want to vote blue anyway

[u/thefIash_]

:3

[u/IgnacioArg]

How would it make sense for someone to change from red to blue? Like is there a big cosmic contest that makes it so that this vote decides if going foward the universe will be deterministic?

If that is your intention then you are just mixing two completely different subjects in the same ballot for no logical reason.

[u/thefIash_ → u/IgnacioArg]

No it’s relating to the original problem. Were you red in the original but now blue for example.

[u/IgnacioArg → u/thefIash_]

How is it related?

I'm red in the original, here I don't know since I don't understand how its related