Why do most people assume we have free will? - Quora
Most people might assume I'm asking this question in a Theistic way, but if we live in a causal universe how can free will exist at all? God or no things either happen at random (i.e. quantum mechanics) or they were caused by a previous event. In either case I see no room for Uncaused non random ...
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