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>>15299279
Listen to me friend, Free Will and Determinism live on two sides of the same coin. The locus of our consciousness can perceive one or the other, and usually perceive it flipping between each state. You can manually do this yourself, flipping your ego as subject and object as you focus on it and your own agency. My intution tells me that I do not have a choice on which side of the coin I see at a given time, or as Nietzsche says we will but cannot will what we will. I attribute the state of our ability to perceive our actions as freely chosen or predetermined as ordained by some kind of God, or whatever entity determined the laws of the universe. A god is not required however, we can just as easily say that the choice in perception was determined arbitrarily. Regardless, it appears that Free Will sits unstably on an ocean of determinism, with elements of chaotic systems (be them human, AI, physical, or environmental) participating in the illusion of willed action. I have to stress that either perspective is valid (viewing causal/affective hierarchical relationships from a top-down or bottom-up perspective) because both give a satisfactory explanation of occurred events, however as only Free Will requires Ego to explain its events, it can be assumed that it was Ego that invented Free Will to imply itself.

I agree with the other anon tho, this is >>15299281