93. Do we have Free Will? Here is my short answer. (answer no:1)

Do we have free will? Absolutely not!! Not 100%, but there could be some possibility of free will, in the range of approximately, 30% to minuscule fractions of a percent, though these figures are not definitive and are used here only to provide context.

Do we have free will? Absolutely not!! Not 100%, but there could be some possibility of free will, in the range of approximately, 30% to minuscule fractions of a percent, though these figures are not definitive and are used here only to provide context.

It depends on a whole lot of things:

1. The quality and intensity of the inputs that we were/are exposed to, the duration and our state of mind at every exposure

2. Our state of mind at the current time that is formed by the causal model, which is the product of our history of experiences, the history of imprints of cumulative understanding from all kinds of sensory inputs interacting with our state of our mind from the conception in our mothers womb to the current time, the cumulative effect of our understanding that is also influenced by our biology and biochemistry, the formation of which is greatly influenced by the history of our state of mind or the evolution of the casual model of our brain.

3. And many other external and internal variables

Basically, Our current behavior or decision, is mainly influenced by, the vast number of external variables, their intensity, the vast number of internal variables of the state of mind.

Does that mean we don’t have free will?

We do!! It depends!! It could vary anywhere in the range of approximately, 30% to minuscule fractions of a percent, though these figures are not definitive and are only a quick guesstimate used here only to provide context.

Every situation is unique. Every single point in the time series affecting any person is very unique and it is impossible to calculate the degree of freedom of free will a person could have at the moment.

Despite this complexity, the acknowledgment of free will underscores the potential for individuals to influence their own lives and shape their futures through deliberate choices and experiences.

It is important to acknowledge and remember that there are moments that are totally out of our hands, where the degree of freedom of freewill could be very well absolutely zero or in the negative or even a minuscule fractions of a percent, which is not going to help to make a decision of our choice.

Also, most humans fail to exercise a free will, because of the limitation of our causal model of the brain even when the degree of freedom is at its maximum, say 30% (Again, a guesstimate).

That’s why we need processes designed to improve the experiences of humanity at any circumstances. That’s why we need scientists to design the processes to improve the experiences of humanity (the whole human kind and other living beings too) at every circumstances, as much as we can. This should be continuous, transparent and open processes that evolves for the betterment of this universe.

My answer seems to very well agree with Dr.Kevin Mitchell’s thoughts on this subject as well as Dr.Robert Sapolsky’s thoughts on this subject to some extent.

Here is the conversation between Adam Conover and Dr.Kevin Mitchell on this topic:

Free Will Absolutely Does Exist with Dr. Kevin Mitchell — Factually! — 248

Here is the conversation between Adam Conover and Dr.Robert Sapolsky on this topic:

Free Will Does Not Exist with Robert Sapolsky — Factually! — 246