Certainly I would need to unpack all those terms if I were writing an essay that fully explained the matter, something suitable for a top-level post on the main site. In this case, I’m assuming the reader either has read or will/may be motivated to read what’s already been written here on the topic, and I’m just posting (unedited and unembellished) an actual case study where it came up in conversation with someone who is neither a philosopher nor a scientist. I find a sloppy actual example is worth more than a perfectly polished hypothetical example, but if you find otherwise, fair enough.
In this case, I’m assuming the reader either has read or will/may be motivated to read what’s already been written here on the topic [...]
Where? I don’t recall arguments on LW that support chaos as explaining free will. You should’ve linked to them in any case if you believe they exist, but at least do so now.
Certainly I would need to unpack all those terms if I were writing an essay that fully explained the matter, something suitable for a top-level post on the main site. In this case, I’m assuming the reader either has read or will/may be motivated to read what’s already been written here on the topic, and I’m just posting (unedited and unembellished) an actual case study where it came up in conversation with someone who is neither a philosopher nor a scientist. I find a sloppy actual example is worth more than a perfectly polished hypothetical example, but if you find otherwise, fair enough.
Where? I don’t recall arguments on LW that support chaos as explaining free will. You should’ve linked to them in any case if you believe they exist, but at least do so now.