I will not get involved in the "pissing contest" of the freewill debate. I will continue to live my life today and tomorrow as I have in the past as a secular humanist, striving to do or cause no harm.

Free will: now there's an old, old debate topic. There is something to what he says. What we think, say, and do is obviously shaped by our culture, environment, experience, and neural wiring. Any yet I cannot help but think that I have choices, that I make executive decisions that may cut across all those other factors. Is my sense of freedom, limited though it may be, just an illusion? I don't think so.

Welcome to the asylum. Enjoy your stay.

I’ve read his book on this subject. Sam’s not the first by any means to make the case against free will. I still find the concept most challenging to accept.