Physics, reductionism, and the real world

If, as George Ellis suggests, civilization is indeed a complex interaction between the higher-level macro variables and the lower-level micro variables, then somewhere down the road some day we must be capable of modeling the system. Assuming that all biological systems are subject to determinate laws, one sees that free will terminates. Determinate systems simply forbid its existence. For example, a ballistic missile that is subject to the same laws flies its trajectory within a gravity field because of its performance characteristics and program instructions. It is incapable of achieving any different states. The philosopher Immanuel Kant also viewed existence in those terms. He considered the mechanism of thought to be inseparable from the embedded gears of the rest of the world. The precise truth to these complex systems is clearly a mystery to us. The only thing we can understand for certain at this time is the implications of the models we choose.