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Originally posted by Randy
It may not be apparent but there is always some kind of logic behind every decision, although the result may be illogical. Free will is only a perception. The rules governing any free willed act are based on set of unsaid rules. We merely make the selection of the rules available to its respective act. So the randomness lies in the selection process and the capacity of each individual to understand and recognize all the rules pertaining each decision. There are governing laws, however the intention lies in the rule selection process.
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Physical laws are a set of rules also. I'm not sure this rescues free will.
At heart, I think free will is a concept that makes no sense from the start. It would mean there is something that obeys no law on the one hand, yet is not merely random on the other. I doubt if most of us can imagine what that might be.