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Yeah, I'm really having a tough time believing in free will anymore. Sure seems like we're just along for the ride - consciousness without free will, what a combo!



Whether free will exists or not, relative to you it does. You can hit yourself in the leg with a hammer right now, or you can choose not to, and the result will affect the rest of your day. Just because the choice is physically predetermined doesn’t make it any less real to you.




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