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  1. All they are doing is talking around, avoiding the idea of free will. I however have my own more to the point idea of free will. Free will is predicated on the notion of random at the core. That is true random. So for me to believe in free will I 1st must believe that the Universe, reality has true randomness. This does not mean the complete lack of order. example I could have a number that is only made of 1s 2s and 3s but in random order or even in part random order like when and where a 3 shows up. This leaves the option for complex patterns to evolve and for predictability. Now I ask you how is it you make the decision to drink a glass of water. Is it a random decision is it predetermined what happens. Partly both! Your decision to drink this glass of water is based on every thing that has happened to you up to this point. You use factors like is your body thirsty, do you trust the water, how was it prepared and from where, do you have the time to drink it. All of your life experiences have been made in much the same way. You make these decisions unconsciously and that is irrelevant to free will because it is still you making the decision. All of you though is a composite a superposition of what came before, the wind, the rain, the temp, air pressure, environment. Now I will digress a little. The best computer will get stuck from time to time in logic loops or have faults that cause problems. Some of these problems come from the fact that on the very small level that the transistors are working they have random errors do to quantum mechanics. This is true of the Universe and of the environment and every decision ever made and yet all these errors affect every out come that has ever happened. Free will is independed systems making conclusions. They may make the same conclusion or slightly different conclusions that is not a problem because the solution is not free will, fee will is the independent system that comes up with the solution. It can be a person, animal, plant or even a computer as long as the system comes to a conclusion independent of all other systems. That does not mean it does not use the same data but it uses an independent system with independent anomalies. This is my best idea of what free willl is with out trying to dismiss the question as not relevant.

  3. Free will is an illusion and here is the argumentation:

    From the lense of neuroscience:

    Marcus Du Sautoy (Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and the Simonyi Professorship for the Public Understanding of Science) participates in an experiment conducted by John-Dylan Haynes (Professor at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin) that attempts to find the neurological basis for decision making.

    Short summary:

    The experiment explores the relationship between free will, decision-making, and brain activity. Marcus Du Sautoy participates in an experiment in Berlin where they have to randomly decide to press either a left or right button. Brain scans and computer records track when the decision is made in the brain and when the button is physically pressed.

    The results reveal that up to six seconds before Marcus Du Sautoy consciously makes a decision, their brain has already made that choice. Specific patterns of brain activity can even predict which button will be pressed. This finding challenges the notion of free will, suggesting that unconscious brain activity significantly shapes our decisions before we become consciously aware of them.

    The experiment also delves into the nature of consciousness. It argues against dualism—the idea that the mind and brain are separate entities. Instead, it posits that consciousness is an aspect of brain activity. The unconscious brain activity is in harmony with a person's beliefs and desires, so it's not forcing you to do something against your will.

    Marcus Du Sautoy finds the results shocking, especially the idea that someone else can predict their decision six seconds before they are consciously aware of making it. The experiment raises profound questions about the nature of free will, consciousness, and the deterministic mechanisms that may govern our decisions.

    From the lense of pysics:

    In order to question the belief in free will, one can conduct experiments and contemplations. Take an action you are convinced you performed and reverse-engineer it until you realize you had no control over it. This leads to the conclusion that all actions in life are the same, and the notion of claiming ownership falls away, so free will is non-existent.

    By 'reverse-engineering an action,' I mean tracing back the steps that led you to make a specific decision. Upon close examination, you'll find that your choice was influenced by a series of past events and conditions over which you had no control, and that your choice didn't originate from a single point. One could argue that everything originates from the Big Bang. This realization may prompt you to reconsider how much 'free will' you actually possess, as your actions are shaped by factors beyond your control, both in the past and likely in the future as well.

    So you can summarize everything is a happening according to cosmic laws.

  4. The Life-Desire is the Motor of Life,
    in Direct extension, We have the Will, (Life-side)
    and Gravity, (Stuff-side)
    By our Will, We do Balance Gravity of Earth,
    with our own, when We lift the cup.

    Life follow it's own Developing-Lanes,
    thru Developing-Circuits,
    end of a Developing-Circuit,
    is beginning of a New and Higher.
    In beginning of Developing-Circuits,
    Will, is at it's Minimum-performance,
    and in the end, at it's Maximum.
    So, Will is a Matter of Degree, Not about being 'free'.

  5. People describing Sam as anti-free will hasn't gotten his point at all. It's not a moral stance, it's a disbelief. Furthermore, if somethings exciting or not is not a worthy basis creating a belief/opinion upon on.

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