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You might as well be a compatibilist. Yes, it looks like free will exists and the universe is deterministic, consequently free will is compatible with determinism. Then you can realize that the myth that free will is incompatible with determinism is just a superstition.



> Yes, it looks like free will exists

Why do you say this? How do you define free will here?


It's how I understand reality.

Some definitions:

1) ability to do as you want

2) ability to do otherwise

3) ability to control choice

4) be an author of choice

Also freedom of choice is an observable phenomenon, which seems consistent with these definitions.




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