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Red pill or blue pill

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I remembered last night a topic that I forgot to cover here, more precisely the subject of free will. It occurred to me a while back, when somebody mentioned the fact that since our minds are defined by the synapses our neurons make and since the synapses are to some extent *semi-random events we can't have free will. *semi-random as in predictable to a certain degree, like 95% chances that will happen 4% chances this will happen and 1% complete randomness. The way I see it, quite the opposite's true. But first, let me get a thing straight: here, "free will" means one's ability to make decisions "as wished", or in other words, nobody should be able to tell with complete certainty what decision one will make in any given situation. Note that I'm NOT referring to free will as the right to do anything we wish. If we consider the semi-randomness of our thoughts, then free will is possible. If however, our brains behave in classical terms, as in