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Author Topic:   Does free will exist?
sidelined
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04-17-2004 4:45 AM


I want to bring up this topic because I am really interested to hear different viewpoints {evidence based please} concerning whether free will is an actual phenomena or an illusion of the brain.
It is my view that free will is limited by genetic and enviromental factors[i.e. war peace natural disaster etc.]but that within those borders [or programming if you will] one may choose their actions.
Whether that amounts to a real definition of free will I hope to clarify.
[This message has been edited by sidelined, 04-17-2004]

'Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts.'
(Daniel Patrick Moynihan)

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