Okay, the dog, the Ferrari and "Mom" serve one point: that the world as we experience is not the world as we suppose it actually exists. However, in the human context, it doesn't MATTER that "Mom" is really a collection of QM particles doing a deterministic/indeterministic dance in space and time. Mom is real, because the criterion for reality in the human context is that I can see with my senses something which is coherent with the ideas I have about Mom. Whether we're in the Matrix, or a physical universe, or the Mind of God, or trapped in a jar in some mad scientist's lab has no effect on the reality of experiencing Mom.
The same goes for free will. It doesn't matter if the universe is deterministic or indeterministic, or if there is any mechanism for agency beyond the material. In the context of human existence, there are choices, and I make these choices as an expression of my personality, my memories, and my senses. The choice is imbued in every possible way with my existence. How I got my personality, my memories or my sense impressions, and exactly what they are in scientific terms, is irrelevant-- I have free will because my choices are an expression of my humanity.
The same goes for free will. It doesn't matter if the universe is deterministic or indeterministic, or if there is any mechanism for agency beyond the material. In the context of human existence, there are choices, and I make these choices as an expression of my personality, my memories, and my senses. The choice is imbued in every possible way with my existence. How I got my personality, my memories or my sense impressions, and exactly what they are in scientific terms, is irrelevant-- I have free will because my choices are an expression of my humanity.
