I just thought of a way that free will might exist. If time is emergent, perhaps we should remove time from the equation all together. If we do this (imagine reality with no time) then our own past and future came into existence together with the entirety of the structure of the universe...all at once. In that case, even the laws of physics would be emergent, and perhaps there can be room for free will. There would be no cause and effect. Our actions would have been no more dependent on anything outside of ourselves than whatever action that began the universe's existence in the first place. This would mean we have "free will" in the same way that the universe does. This doesn't necessarily mean we have the "freedom" to change who we are...but we have the freedom to completely and absolutely be ourselves. <br><br>I feel like I didn't state that very well, but maybe some people will get what I'm saying lol.