Determinism Does NOT Exist

There is a true answer to the question. "Does free will exist?"
This video is the unorthodox but truthful answer.

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00:00 A game about choice
01:17 Why should I care if I have free will?
02:15 The puppet and the puppeteer
02:52 Science doesn’t like free will
03:42 Psychedelic Mind **** land
04:56 Tripping out
05:34 Stoicism
06:28 Alone and lost
07:35 The Default mode Network and You
08:57 The function of the Ego
10:03 When you let go
11:09 Determinism is delusion
12:35 Nondual God
13:13 Something that simply is
14:03 Absolute truth
14:48 To disappear
15:36 Existential Pathfinders

[markdelej]

“You are something that the whole universe is doing, in the same way a wave is something that the whole ocean is doing” - Alan Watts.
“You are the universe experiencing itself”- Alan Watts

[possiblymaybe.]

You lost me at the "god is the universe, you are the universe, god has free will therefore you have free will" This approach resembles the strategy often employed by religious individuals to explain complex phenomena by attributing them to the powers of a deity they have conceptualized.

From a scientific and rational perspective, it is understood that an individual is the product of a genetic inheritance shaped by evolutionary processes. These genes determine various aspects of our physical and mental attributes—such as the structure and function of our organs, cognitive potential, and physical stature—all of which are beyond our control.

These characteristics are inherited from previous generations and have been naturally selected because they contributed to the survival and reproductive success of our ancestors. Consequently, the traits we possess, including the capacity for making choices, are not the result of our conscious selection but rather the outcome of evolutionary processes. This understanding challenges the notion of free will, as it suggests that our decisions and preferences are influenced by factors beyond our conscious control.

In essence, while individuals experience life and make decisions, the foundation of these experiences and decisions lies in a complex interplay of genetics and environmental factors, which have been shaped through countless generations of natural selection. This perspective emphasizes the lack of personal control over the fundamental aspects of our existence and raises questions about the true nature of free will.

[WomboBraker]

at 1:13
I thought that my choice didn't matter, in a sense that it would only be pure luck and withstood from "choosing". But the moment you turned your hand, I thought that damn that would be a goofy twist if you pointed your middle finger, since this hand position is surely starting to look like that, and boom.
I think your point of reference kind of ignored this, at least i didn't pick up on it on your following talking points, so i thought to just leave it at this 1:13 timestamp here.

But actually following up on this one, this break in thought and analysis, is what is free will to me. Thought's just come from within while "something that i think is the actual you" is observing that.
This attention you shine towards the world and your mind, can be used to control your actions.
To me at this point of my life, feels still like having to "choose my actions", by this proxy of attention, and then kind of gently guiding myself towards something else, than i was initially and automatically aiming towards.

[who_we_are______]

I chose to listen to this instead of watching it, I think I exercised free will because then I typed this comment to emphasize.

[timreichert]

Great video! I have 2 cents to share.

I got up this morning and looked at the surf report and liked what I saw so I went surfing.

Now I could frame this as "I went surfing of my own free will" but that tells you absolutely nothing about me. A better framing would be "I went surfing because I was compelled to do so by my passion for surfing." This contains way more information about me and allows you to predict my future actions. The term "free will" is useless in comparison.. It conveys no information other than "I was not externally coerced" which is only useful in very rare cases in a court of law, and in that case, the term "not externally coerced" is far superior and avoids the confusion and ugly moralizing condemnation that is so commonly caused by the term "free will."

I would understand trying to rescue that term if it seemed necessary or useful but I see the opposite of that. Perhaps you could help me see its usefulness.