This started with "The only way free will can work is if the Many worlds theorem of quantum mechanics is true", which is refuted by the Strong Free Will Theorem.
It shows that any interpretation of QM can have free will at the quantum level. That the interpretation is orthogonal to the question of free will.
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OP claims that interpretation is /not/ orthogonal that it is compatible only with Many Worlds.
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oh, i see the difficulty. you're just talking about different things. Conway's assertion that free will of collections of particles implies free will of particles holds under any QM interpretation. pomo is saying free will itself can only come from many-worlds
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it's like if one person is saying "liquids conform to the shape of any container that holds them" and another is saying "liquids can only be poured into cylinders". the truth of these things looks related but isn't
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Yes you do need a trivial third observation: "there exist non-cylindrical containers"
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