Parable of the Chessmen

Part of an ongoing conversation:

“The true laws of physics, in your meaning, contain, as it were, “escape clauses” so that an electron moving according to someone’s will instead of according to Newton is still obeying the laws of physics. Is this a reasonable summary?”

No, it is not a reasonable summary; indeed, it is the opposite of what I said.

I wrote (see above) that the dichotomy you proposed was a false one — the choice is not between a brain-electron moving “according to”...