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Letter: On the vexed question of the existence of free will (3)

Published 11 October 2023

From Richard Turner, Beverley, East Yorkshire, UK

What I do is influenced by external events, not controlled by them. For instance, I can decide what to do based on a coin toss and no amount of physics could predict how that will turn out. If I decide what to do without tossing a coin, the outcome is still influenced by chance. This is surely free will.

Issue no. 3460 published 14 October 2023

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