Free Will - Yes/No?

[ErGingerbreadMandude]

How does randomness exclude determinism, exactly? What does it matter that you can't predict the effect, there's still going to be an effect and you're going to be bound by it.

We cannot predict exactly which neuron and at what time a specific neuron will fire.  There will, obviously, be a statistical probability that allows us to function, but at the neuron level, for a specific neuron, there will be a certain amount of indeterminate information, only probabilities.

Here is a little information on the actual workings of a neuron.

   

Radiation is a perfect example. The half life of uranium is predictable, but exactly which atom will decay is unpredictable. Effectively, we can have a predictable outcome from an unpredictable source.

This is amazing! I love this idea of achieving a predictable outcome from an unpredictable source.
I'll have to really give this some thought.