Free will you only think you have it

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There was an interesting article in the May issue of New Scientist Early last month, a Nobel laureate physicist finished polishing up his theory that a deeper, deterministic reality underlies the apparent uncertainty of quantum mechanics. A week after he announced it, two eminent mathematicians showed that the theory has profound implications beyond physics: abandoning the uncertainty of quantum physics means we must give up the cherished notion that we have free will. The mathematicians believe the physicist is wrong. http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg19025504.000-free-will--you-only-think-you-have-it.html