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I agree but I think you’re overthinking it a bit. Usually when people talk about free will there’s an implication of a “spirit”, or something similar, that is the source of your thoughts. That’s the “you”.

I guess it depends on how you define it but I would say physics is the author of your thoughts. Physics is what’s making the decisions. Physics is the reason neurons fire.



Well, I can't debate people who believe in the spiritual realm, they can believe in free will and there is not much debate to be had.

But for anyone else, I still don't see how the concept of free will even makes sense. It is either determined, or random. What other options are there?


It can be either, model is guessed by abduction, not deduction.




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