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53. Determinism and General Relativity

From the Concluding Remarks of the Conway-Kochen Free Will Theorem:

The mere existence of free will already has consequences for the philosophy
of general relativity. That theory has been thought by some to show that “the
flow of time” is an illusion. We quote only one of many distinguished authors
to that effect: “The objective world simply is, it does not happen”(Hermann
Weyl). It is remarkable that this common opinion, often referred to as the
“block universe” view, has come about merely as a consequence of the usual
way of modeling the mathematics of general relativity as a theory about the
curvature of an eternally existing arena of space-time. In the light of the Free
Will theorem this view is mistaken, since the future of the universe is not
determined. Theodore Roosevelt’s decision to build the Panama Canal shows
that free will moves mountains, which implies, by general relativity, that even
the curvature of space is not determined. The stage is still being built while
the show goes on.

Einstein could not bring himself to believe that “God plays dice with the
world,” but perhaps we could reconcile him to the idea that“God lets the world
run free.”