Is free will real?

[Mudhammam]

Without free-will, there is no such thing as praise. Without free-will, you can't even thank your parents.

Sure, you can. Human beings love to over-simply, in fact, we must, because our brains didn't evolve to consider the infinitely complex factors surrounding every event that occurs. And that's all that free will really amounts to, an oversimplification of a complex process that involves little conscious decision-making.