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Free will: who's in control?
The idea that all our choices are determined by past events may seem dispiriting – but it can be emotionally liberating
Francis Merson • Recognise free will is an illusion and reap the emotional benefits | Psyche Ideas
Free will is an illusion. Our wills are simply not of our own making. Thoughts and intentions emerge from background causes of which we are unaware and over which we exert no conscious control. We do not have the freedom we think we have.