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  • The idea that we have free will is an irrational idea
    it seems that we are heavily influenced by past experiences, biological predispositions and indeed "Gods will". However we, as creatures who can abstract out of that past a potential future, use our free will to try and bring that future about(for better or worse). the question for me is what extent do we have free will and to what extent can you manifest more control over it. It seems self defeating to assume that someone had no choice to commit suicide because they may have just been subjected to more suffering than their neighbor. I believe we have free will to place value on our experiences and choose what kind of future we will bring about. I imagine free will to be something like steering a motorcycle by leaning to one side or another and the unconscious predisposed choices we make like steering with the handlebar. although that simile may be reaching..