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Interesting and thought provoking essay. I enjoyed it. However...

"I think that the confident denial of the existence of free will is a symptom of identifying too much with the mythology of rationality"

I think this sums it up in a nutshell. We've fallen into this habit of over-rationalising everything into oblivion. We think so hard that we can no longer believe in anything.

But free will is not a myth. It might be swayed here or there by various prior beliefs and experiences, but in that final moment between decision and action, *I choose* to act. That's a fact of pure experience. Reason has no say in the matter.

I'm going to exert my free will right now by liking this post.

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