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Moreover, there's scientific evidence against it: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=unconscious-decisions
How do you reconcile your rationality and a belief in free will?
predictability doesn't necessarily preclude free will. free will doesn't imply randomness.
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There is no scientific evidence for free will. So why believe in it?
what defines free will, and what scientific evidence would sufficiently prove your definition of free will?
Why should you not believe in God on faith but believe in free will on faith?
If there is no free will, I have no choice over whether to believe in free will or not.
If free will does exist and I believe in it, I am correct to do so.
This is a Pascal's Wager question. If there is no free will, I have no choice over whether to believe in free will or not. If free will does exist and I believe in it, I am correct to do so.
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what defines free will, and what scientific evidence would sufficiently prove your definition of free will?
One can ask something similar about proving the existence of God. Why should you not believe in God on faith but believe in free will on faith?
free will is an objectively observable phenomenon, and the burden of proof is on disproving existence or providing an alternate explanation for the observable. we might not be able to show the mechanisms for why it exists, but we can show that it exists.
god is not objectively observable, and so the burden of proof is on proving existence.