he provides a model of necessary derivation of free will of collections of particles from free will of particles, he doesn't provide a model of free will at all; his fully baseless axiom of free will could rely on many-worlds or not, the question isn't asked
wonderful! the one that came to mind for this case is #29 from Mumonkan http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/glg/glg29.htm …
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the other comment I'd like to make is just to say that the ego is a Ship of Theseus
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so it vanishes swiftly when examined in a flash, and it vanishes slowly when examined over time. it's hardly a thing at all. it's the thing that say's "me I'm here" but doesn't even know who's saying it.
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Does the flag move, thus causing the mind to move, or does the flag in fact not exist at all? The mind flags. The mind winds. The mind's wind and mind's flag dance together.
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The mind moves, the ego vanishes
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Why can't the mind itself be the ego?
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why can't the coffee be the mug? the ego is the the part that says I AM. most of your mind doesn't bother with that. you do most of your thinking perfectly happy to be ignorant of who "I" might be.
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It doesn't have to say "I AM" to be part of an I. The foot doesn't know it's part of a body, but the hand will still keep a door from slamming on it. The mind is even more unified. When anything happens to a part, all other parts know right away.
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By contrast, the hand will generally not keep a door from slamming on a doorjam. Does it hurt? How would you even know?
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