I, for one, believe we have free will. Then again, even if we do have free will, random events will always effect our lives in ways we can't predict, avoid or prevent. So in essence, even if we do have free will, randomness also controls our lives to a certain extent.
I really don't have any basis to believe we have free will, no evidence to prove one way or the other. The very nature of the question doesn't allow us to know the true answer. The real question is; does it matter if we do or we don't? After all, it seems to me as though we have free will, so if we don't it sure is well hidden
Therefore if it seems like we have free will, but we don't, is it really any different from actually having free will?
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