# Free Will & Quantum Mechanics

Through quantum mechanics, I have learned to see reality differently and 
approach all things as probabilities instead of certainties. In a 
mathematical sense, anything is possible. As well as in science as in our 
daily lives, the extent to which we can calculate or figure out 
probabilities is determined by our intellectual ability to recognize 
patterns. The less biased we are, the clearer we can identify patterns and 
base our actions on reasonable probabilities. Since it's in our nature to 
deny ideas that do not fit into our current paradigm, the more attached we 
are to our beliefs, the less able we are to make conscious choices for 
ourselves. By observing this process, we can expand our awareness and free 
will.

It is said that wisdom comes with age, but with openness and skepticism, 
the key principles of the scientific method, we don't need a lifetime of 
trial and error to sort out which of our convictions may be improbable. 
The question is not whether our beliefs are right or wrong, but whether or 
not being emotionally attached to them will benefit us.

It is hard to speak of a free choice when you are emotionally attached to 
a belief system. The moment we are self-aware enough to realize this, we 
can let go and calculate the real odds of what will benefit us the most.