A very interesting proposal, that the universe itself; all particles have free-will, not just humans. Decisions can be made by electrons for example which make our decisions unpredictable. Fascinating.theory.
The Free Will Theorem
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Fascinating idea, but I rejected it pretty quickly when I first considered it because there must be a mechanical baseline that is reliable for intelligent life (as we know it) to evolve and discover free will.
Imagine, for example, if gravity just decided to take a day off? Billions of years of evolution, gone as planetary atmospheres drained away into space and planets flew away from their stars…
The brain, however, is not a single thing: lower life forms have independent ganglia that do their thinking without a brain. We have similar structures, and lots and lots of networking. But those sub-units probably have a form of free will and assert at least some influence over the rest of the network. Technically, just one of those “could” change our mind.