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My two cents, I don't have much to say:
I think we need to clearly define the terms that we are discussing, especially here in the Philosophy forum. If by "free will" y'all mean the ability to be free of any "causes" then I agree that we have no free will. We live in a three (maybe four if you want to argue that) dimension world and because of that, we can't imagine or conceive, say a 10 dimensional "object." The three dimensions that we live in prohibit us from understanding what goes on in 4+ dimensional worlds, hindering us from being totally free in that respect. But if you say that "free will" is our ability to have opinions, have thoughts, and make choices aside from what we can't control, then I would say that we do have free will.
Words that could have subjective definitions (and that I didn't define clearly) are in quotation marks, by the way.
Random point to ponder:
According to hard determinism: How did the first event/cause come about? Can the chain of events/causes be thought of as having a beginning? Or is there no beginning and no end? Sort of like a "Did the universe have a beginning?" type of question.
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