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Probabilistic Free Will

Determinism is the idea that all events in the universe are inevitable and in principle predictable, determined by all the conditions that preceded each event. Determinism holds that events can only unfold in one particular way.

Complexity theory has demonstrated that complex systems evolve emergent properties that are inherently probabilistic, i.e. cannot be determined with certainty.

Hence our free will is explained. Each of us (as complex organism) can act in various ways (within a distribution of probability).