How firm?
Some links for non-scientists like myself: A commenter links here. CERN article here and background article here. One page explanation by different physicists about what it is and why they’re looking for it.
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‘There is a deeper level that tells us that physical reality is all about causations. Causations that propagate at only one speed. The speed we refer to as the speed of light, denoted by the magical symbol “c”. Nothing goes faster, and nothing goes any slower.’
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Comments are worth a read.
Stanford Encyclopedia Of Philosophy entry on free will here.
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