you are thinking in a box one sec ill help

So if everything has to have a cause, what happened before the big bang? What happens after the heat death of the universe?

good point

string theroy

Nothing can be the effect

oh, you mean when two opposite particles come from NOTHING?

The final effect

Yeah

there is a universe outside of ours where universal collisions result in what scientists commonly refer to as "freaky shit"

Matter and anti matter

That’s nothing

in our universe there is more matter than antimatter

in others it may be different

this is why we have "stuff"

What about a universe with an equal balance?

We don’t understand why

nope

Im studying it in college

we dont understand free will either yet you claim to

Josh, do you believe in free will?

define it.

Hmmm

The ability to decide without total influence

I’m not completely sure

the butterfly effect makes that completely impossible

you cant box up free will in a definition, its too big for that with too many implications

Is there multiple possible outcomes?

yes

No

Always

How can there be if cause and effect exists

There isn’t room

theres plenty

What room is there?

The laws of the universe aren’t loose

They can’t be broken on our level

its very tight

to the point we are only able to break the "laws of physics" at the subatomic level

I don’t think that restricts free will

thats two completely different topics

one is philosphy one is physics