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Originally Posted by FredWolfLeonardo
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Except free will doesn't exist. We know it doesn't. That was an exerpt from a longer discussion, which can be found here.
It's not my assertion, or my argument that free will doesn't exist; it's a proven fact, like gravity.
We still talk as though it does exist however, like god, and democracy. It's a part of our ideology.
These are comforts to our mind, things we feel we need to believe in. It's like Voltaire said, "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him."
Voltaire, of course was a believer, but even he recognized our desires trump rational thought.