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Originally posted by kl0pper
^ so you have free will to excercise free will
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Actually we have free will, wether or not we can
choose what to do with it, is the question.
I believe that ultimately we do not have an arbitrary choice. The neurons in our brains decide what we do, and what they decide is the end result of genetics and envrironmental experiences. We 'decide' using a sophisticated network of electronic signals. There is no choice, no soul in that.
Like the original poster says: we live in the illusion of having a 'soul' that chooses our actions, but in the end, its pure (albeit very very very complicated) physics.
This is my opinion (duh), but it has been reinforced by reading (not quite done yet) The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
(a good book as an introduction into the theory of evolution)