I think this is a case where biases and world views over-ride obvious truths.
I'm standing in front of a candy rack. I am choosing what candy I would like to eat. I kind of process my feelings for a while, and then I say, "Aha! I want M&M candies."
To me, this is an obvious expression of my free will: the unfettered capacity to express my nature in my behavior.
People can argue all they want about determinist causality stretching back to the Big Bang (unprovable, by the way), but so what? "Free will" is a word about the human experience of doing what I'm doing-- making a choice which is an expression of my nature.
I'm standing in front of a candy rack. I am choosing what candy I would like to eat. I kind of process my feelings for a while, and then I say, "Aha! I want M&M candies."
To me, this is an obvious expression of my free will: the unfettered capacity to express my nature in my behavior.
People can argue all they want about determinist causality stretching back to the Big Bang (unprovable, by the way), but so what? "Free will" is a word about the human experience of doing what I'm doing-- making a choice which is an expression of my nature.
