@robvalue Ah! Very astute. You've identified the flaw in the argument. Let me paraphrase your objection: If every possibility occurs, then in what sense is a choice ever being made? To each individual 'you', it might SEEM like a choice was made, but unless each individual reality has the possibility of NOT coming into being, then, in an objective sense, no choice is being made. Thus free will is still an illusion.
Your other questions are interesting starting points to further the conversation. I will have to ponder them.
Your other questions are interesting starting points to further the conversation. I will have to ponder them.