Why I don't believe in 'free will'

[athoughtfulman]

I agree with that....EXCEPT that you seem to be supporting determinism but whether you are or not I myself am an INdeterministic and I maintain that while DETERMINISM makes free will IMPOSSIBLE there is still no evidence of, or reason to believe in 'free will' whatsoever that *I* know of. So free will is NO more PROBABLE with INdeterminism than determinism...except simply that the MERE POSSIBILITY is open.

I'm not supporting either one. I think it's impossible to know, and I think it's a non-issue, since whichever one is true we will still keep acting in the same way. Our days will keep going by with us making seemingly 'free' choices in a seemingly 'non-deterministic' world.

I don't think free will exists, but I think it impossible to argue for either a non-deterministic or deterministic world. Of course, one must ask evidence for the positive claim, but I think in this situation, one would need evidence to prove it non-deterministic, so instead the default should be, "I don't know whether it's non-deterministic or deterministic.

In the end, it doesn't matter to me, and I'm not really interested in it, since that's even more impossible to come to a conclusion about. The free will debate though I find very interesting