but my perception is that we are robots with a pre-determined past, presence and future. In that sense what i am writing here is also pre-determined....
if that is ture is does beg the question where did the idea of free will come from , for such a system as you beleive in has to be a closed system , and so any content would have to be set at the start.
Odd that such a system should contain a concept that is totally alien in nature to the system itself , and is impossible to occur or expirence ...if there is no free will , there is no free thought , so there are no ideas , there is only content ..
and yet we are debating about Free will .....
here is one option to consider .. even the best built robots can malfunction ... maybe free will is a software error in our robot brains , and should not be occuring .. may be we have deveated from the pre-determined route ...
Personal i follow the great teachings ..
stuff happens ,
life is a four letter word ,
all you can do is smile ..it makes other people think your up to something ,
if you worry too much about life you end up with no time to live it ...