guhcampos

Professor,

Given the latest developments in quantum mechanics, even the crazyiest ones like the holographic universe, I'd like to know your personal opinion:

Do we have free will? Can we measure it?

Giving a personal perspective that only holds true for Brazil (don't know for other places): I've been there, done that.

Love the ideas of physics but did not want to do all the (continous) math. Plus the only job for a physicist in Brazil is to teach, and even if I like that, it does not pay too well around here, which is really sad.

In the end I chose Computer Science, and since it's a closer-than-you-think field to Physics, I could do a lot of Physics related work during my student time. Also I'm enabled to go for a Master or even Doctor degree in Physics if I want, because I had all the necessary basic background on Math and Physics anyway.

Short version: you can choose whatever you think is right for the time, like engineering, than come back to what you love in the future.

Are there any apps or websites you wish you could use but are unable to because of poor accessibility?

I'm a software developer and I concede we frequently overlook accessibility in our craft.

So our only hope for free will in the strict sense of the term is that conscience is some form of event that plays off the field of physics?

Do you discard the possibility that reality is simply the perception of the world that surrounds our bodies as interpreted by our "conscience"?

As an atheist and not really spiritual guy, I'm trying to define "conscience" as vaguely as possible, as something that is not ruled by physics, but merely perceives the physical world and interacts with it through a physical body.