{"id":227558,"date":"2025-12-20T17:12:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T23:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/surprise-free-will-needs-quantum-physics-to-fail-physicists-show"},"modified":"2025-12-20T17:12:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T23:12:26","slug":"surprise-free-will-needs-quantum-physics-to-fail-physicists-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/surprise-free-will-needs-quantum-physics-to-fail-physicists-show","title":{"rendered":"Surprise: Free Will Needs Quantum Physics to Fail, Physicists Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VspNpBTSdc4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check out the interactive lessons on Brilliant! Start learning for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/brilliant.org\/sabine\/\">https:\/\/brilliant.org\/sabine\/<\/a> and get 20% off a premium subscription, which includes daily unlimited access!<\/p>\n<p>Some physicists believe that human consciousness is somehow linked to the indeterministic element of quantum physics. But according to a surprising new argument that just appeared on the arXiv, a world where everything is ruled by quantum physics is incompatible with the idea of free will. Let\u2019s take a look.<\/p>\n<p>Paper: <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2510\">https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2510<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc55T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sabines-store.dashery.com\/\">https:\/\/sabines-store.dashery.com\/<\/a><br \/> \ud83d\udc8c Support me on Donorbox \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/swtg\">https:\/\/donorbox.org\/swtg<\/a>.<br \/> \ud83d\udc49 Transcript with links to references on Patreon \u279c \/ sabine.<br \/> \ud83d\udcdd Transcripts and written news on Substack \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sciencewtg.substack.com\/\">https:\/\/sciencewtg.substack.com\/<\/a><br \/> \ud83d\udce9 Free weekly science newsletter \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sabinehossenfelder.com\/newsle\">https:\/\/sabinehossenfelder.com\/newsle<\/a>\u2026 Audio only podcast \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXl\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXl<\/a>\u2026 \ud83d\udd17 Join this channel to get access to perks \u279c <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sabinehossenfelder\">@sabinehossenfelder<\/a> \ud83d\udcda Buy my book \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HSAWJW\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HSAWJW<\/a> #sciencenews #science #physics #philosophy.<br \/> \ud83d\udc42 Audio only podcast \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXl\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXl<\/a>\u2026<br \/> \ud83d\udd17 Join this channel to get access to perks \u279c<br \/> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sabinehossenfelder\">@sabinehossenfelder<\/a>.<br \/> \ud83d\udcda Buy my book \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HSAWJW\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HSAWJW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#sciencenews #science #physics #philosophy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the interactive lessons on Brilliant! 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