Decision-making processes in nature, including in biological systems, operate through cause-and-effect mechanisms where an organism measures possible futures and selects outcomes, which can be called 'free will' though it is not free in the way it subjectively feels.

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the brain is interacting with the exterior world and measuring the different outcomes of the different possible futures, and then ultimately making a decision. This is something that I think we can refer to as free will, and that what many people mean by free will.

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The illusion of self and the illusion of free will, explained | Annaka HarrisBig Think
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:42:00 AM

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