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Schrodinger equation is resolutely deterministic as given all the inputs, you can only have the wave function behave one way.
It is still a wavefunction that describes a probabilistic QM system. For example, the square of a wavefunction of an electron orbital represents the probability of finding an electron around the nucleus of that atom - it's still probabilistic.
I have come across neuroscientists who say these stochiastic neural processes are the foundation of free will. So I do not think it is as clear as A+B>>>C.
Definitely not as clear as I wrote it, and I know that, but I had to do that for simplicity's sake. However, how can stochastic processes give free will? Just because we do not understand something to its fullest extent, or there may be random factors at play that are unpredictable, how does that somehow imply supernatural phenomena? In any case, if you think about it, it doesn't even make sense. If it's stochastic/random, then how is it free will if free will is supposed to be anything BUT random?
Think about it. Say a person is going to crack a beer, but then an extra sodium ion squeezes through an ion channel somewhere in the membrane, which suddenly changes the course of action of downstream impulses and that results in that person deciding to roll a joint instead. That was pretty random. Free will? HOW? What I'm trying to say is that if there is no clear evidence that suggests free will (and explicitly free will), then there is no reason to believe it exists and it's just way more likely that it's the way turk explains it - it's one of the peculiarities of our brains.