Ultimately I must forgive my opponents for the way that they are. Not because magic man told me to but because the Dilemma of Determinism is a very solid argument based on logic.

The Dilemma of Determinism shows, through logic that REAL free will is impossible. So how we end up in life ultimately does depend on what vagina we pop out of.

The Dilemma of Determinism goes like this: if every single choice we make is determined by something like our past, our environment, genetics or causality, then we don't really have free will. Because our choices are 'determined' by some factor.

Indeterinism is the opposite. Indeterminism is the idea that our choices are completely random. But that doesn't really amount to free will either because randomness defies any type of control. We might as well base our decisions on bets we make in Vegas.

So neither Determinism nor Indeterminsim give you free will. In simple terms, free will must be neither random nor not random in order to exist. Now can you think of a thing that is neither random nor not random?

Now without knowing a whole lot about neuroscience, I suspect that in reality it's probably a little bit of Determinism and a little bit of Indeterminism combined that goes into the functions of our brains. But that is a moot point. Combing the two isn't going to give you free will either. Because you can always break it apart.

That being said, there is a way of thinking about this whole thing that isn't as depressing. And it goes like this:

After reading this, it is likely that you will go about your day and your life for that matter as though you have free will. Now ask the question 'why is free will so important to us?' It's important to us because it's a means to an end. Free will is our way of getting the things we desire.

Now if every decision we made led to an undesirable consequence, it wouldn't really feel like free will to us. We would feel trapped in our misery and free will would lose it's meaning. So maybe that's it. Maybe free will should be seen as an external thing. Maybe it's the measure of how many doors are open to us which allows us to get the things we desire!

Also the belief in free will is itself a product of Determinism and since Determinism shows we aren't responsible for our choices, then it must be that we aren't responsible for believing in free will. As I said before, you will go about your day after reading this as though you have free will.

Now help me out here. Is this anything like Compatablism? Forgive me for not knowing for sure. I just thought of this independently.