A very interesting perspective. But I have been thinking on it , like how if you put your thoughts aside, so you think people who might interrupt for your decision ss can’t make mistake at all? , and how can you billieve others thought while they are the same as you do,? I think it is better to have a free will , so that pple can notice your mistakes and correct you

That’s an interesting way of looking at it — thanks for sharing. Putting aside our feelings definitely lets us make more deliberate and rational decisions, but does that mean we’re using free will? The nice thing about topics like this is that no one is an “expert” really. 😉

I think the important question isn’t wether we got free will, but how much (and it depends on each individual). I think we possess some free will, but evolution won’t give it to us instantly. The question is how to improve our capability to put aside our feelings when we have to make a decision for example.

I am not an expert but I used to think about it. My statements may sound a bit raw though.

Dennis, thanks for bringing up this perspective. It’s absolutely true that people with mental illness do not have free will over their symptoms — that’s just a scientific fact!

true free will means you have all options available to choose from. once those options are limited by personality disorders or mental illness or trauma, your free will is greatly diminished and about half of us have one of those. This study doesn’t mention them at all. a person with OCD doesn’t think about and decide they wont step on cracks in the sidewalk using reason and logic. The brain just doesn’t sent them that option. If you don’t step on the cracks it’s because it never occurs to you naturally that it’s an option, which means it’s not an option for you.