Lots and lots of serious thinkers believe free will “is just autocomplete.” Or more precisely, we don’t actually possess free will but we have a convincing-enough intuition that we have it.
It’s a compelling argument because no one seems to have any idea where free will would come from and actually when you pay close attention to your own cognition, it doesn’t feel free-willy at all.
It’s a compelling argument because no one seems to have any idea where free will would come from and actually when you pay close attention to your own cognition, it doesn’t feel free-willy at all.