Free Will: Who’s in Control?
In 2014 I wrote a short post on this subject: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;thelocalyarn.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;your-choice" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;thelocalyarn.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;your-choice</a><p>It aimed to be a thesis on the topic that anyone could verify by interrogating their own experience. As opposed to most approaches that appeal to either religion or scientific studies.<p>The short version is that free “will” is real; but it is our desires (and how we prioritize them) that we cannot control (and in many cases, cannot even know).<p>This explains why the &quot;will I&#x2F;won’t I drop the pen” test of free will is a perfect example of why free will is both real and irrelevant. Of course you have a perfectly free opportunity to either drop or not drop the pen; the choice has (for most of us) almost no bearing on our actual desires.