It is a funny thing. If you believe in free will you have it.
If you don't, you don't.
It is similar to god in many ways.
Please consider this, OP:
Imagine yourself (justin) and your debater (fr0d0) both meet, and that you are both skilled and proficient at inducing an hypnotic state in each other.
To avoid further verbal bloodshed I'll refer to you both as simply, "A" and "B".
To begin with A induces an hypnotic state in B. As a result, B will be completely subject to the will of A. Even so, B does not experience any lack of free will, nor that he is acting under the will of A.
So maybe, despite having no free will whatsoever it is still possible to be under the illusion you do have free will?
Now for the second part of the experiment, A instructs B to induce a hypnotic state in him (in A that is).
So now A is under the will of B and B under the will of A!
How can that be? Both are exerting their will on each other but neither has free will.
If you don't, you don't.
It is similar to god in many ways.
Please consider this, OP:
Imagine yourself (justin) and your debater (fr0d0) both meet, and that you are both skilled and proficient at inducing an hypnotic state in each other.
To avoid further verbal bloodshed I'll refer to you both as simply, "A" and "B".
To begin with A induces an hypnotic state in B. As a result, B will be completely subject to the will of A. Even so, B does not experience any lack of free will, nor that he is acting under the will of A.
So maybe, despite having no free will whatsoever it is still possible to be under the illusion you do have free will?
Now for the second part of the experiment, A instructs B to induce a hypnotic state in him (in A that is).
So now A is under the will of B and B under the will of A!
How can that be? Both are exerting their will on each other but neither has free will.
