[MD] experience

[Case]

[Craig]
You seem to be arguing both sides: that complexity is responsible for both
the appearance of free will & its appearing less free.

[Case]
Yeah, I know. The perception of or belief in free will is strong and I don't
like denying it any more than anyone else. And it is not so much a denial as
a recognition of the limits of freedom. It is like there is some left but
how much? 

[Craig]
Perhaps it is time to examine Pirsig's solution to the problem of free will:
"To the extent that one's behavior is controlled by static patterns of
quality it is without choice. But to the extent that one follows Dynamic
Quality, which is undefinable, one's behavior is free."

[Case]
I think this quote highlights the problem really; to what extent are we able
to infuse our behavior with dynamic quality? This is also an area where SOM
breaks down. We are the nexuses (nexi?) of processes and interactions, some
interior and some exterior at some point the distinction between them
disappears.

[Craig}
What test would support or refute his position?

[Case]
Excellent question, what do you think?