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Free will and you.

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Free will and you.
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RE: Free will and you.
March 14, 2016 at 7:19 pm
Even if I do have some ability to independently influence the course of events, that ability to do so is limited to a tremendous degree by factors I cannot possibly have any influence over.

In that sense, there is no 'free will'. At best, there is 'freedom to choose from a very limited number of options within a great many constraints'. Maybe.

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You don't have free will to do anything other than select one of the three options provided you here.
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Free will and you. - by deleteduser12345 - March 14, 2016 at 3:02 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by The Grand Nudger - March 14, 2016 at 3:14 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by deleteduser12345 - March 14, 2016 at 3:27 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by Ravenshire - March 14, 2016 at 3:35 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by deleteduser12345 - March 14, 2016 at 3:46 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by Angrboda - March 14, 2016 at 3:47 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by Aroura - March 14, 2016 at 10:04 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by truth_seeker - March 14, 2016 at 11:11 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by Aroura - March 15, 2016 at 5:21 am
RE: Free will and you. - by truth_seeker - March 15, 2016 at 11:39 am
RE: Free will and you. - by Minimalist - March 14, 2016 at 3:21 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by truth_seeker - March 14, 2016 at 3:28 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by deleteduser12345 - March 14, 2016 at 3:32 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by The Grand Nudger - March 14, 2016 at 3:33 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by brewer - March 14, 2016 at 3:37 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by deleteduser12345 - March 14, 2016 at 4:03 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by brewer - March 14, 2016 at 5:30 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by The Grand Nudger - March 14, 2016 at 4:05 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by drfuzzy - March 14, 2016 at 4:07 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by truth_seeker - March 14, 2016 at 4:26 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by deleteduser12345 - March 14, 2016 at 4:34 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by The Grand Nudger - March 14, 2016 at 4:42 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by downbeatplumb - March 14, 2016 at 5:36 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by truth_seeker - March 14, 2016 at 5:47 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by The Grand Nudger - March 14, 2016 at 5:56 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by truth_seeker - March 14, 2016 at 6:01 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by The Grand Nudger - March 14, 2016 at 6:11 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by truth_seeker - March 14, 2016 at 6:23 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 14, 2016 at 6:51 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by Ryantology - March 14, 2016 at 7:19 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by truth_seeker - March 14, 2016 at 7:56 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by Ryantology - March 14, 2016 at 9:04 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by truth_seeker - March 14, 2016 at 9:16 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by Ryantology - March 14, 2016 at 9:28 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by deleteduser12345 - March 15, 2016 at 4:02 am
RE: Free will and you. - by Silver - March 14, 2016 at 9:29 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by deleteduser12345 - March 15, 2016 at 4:20 am
RE: Free will and you. - by ErGingerbreadMandude - March 15, 2016 at 4:10 am
RE: Free will and you. - by robvalue - March 15, 2016 at 5:34 am
RE: Free will and you. - by Alex K - March 15, 2016 at 5:37 am
RE: Free will and you. - by The Grand Nudger - March 15, 2016 at 6:24 am
RE: Free will and you. - by robvalue - March 15, 2016 at 12:50 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by robvalue - March 15, 2016 at 1:01 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by deleteduser12345 - March 16, 2016 at 4:11 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by ErGingerbreadMandude - March 17, 2016 at 7:56 am
RE: Free will and you. - by The Grand Nudger - March 15, 2016 at 1:03 pm
RE: Free will and you. - by ignoramus - March 17, 2016 at 12:19 am
RE: Free will and you. - by deleteduser12345 - March 17, 2016 at 6:45 am
RE: Free will and you. - by ignoramus - March 17, 2016 at 6:48 am

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