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merely extrapolating from first principles which is how i do truth-seeking
>the universe is cold and material
>everything is the result of a prior cause
>your brain is the result of billions of years of prior causes acting on it
>your brain can only ever act in one way; the one informed by prior causes
humans like "Free Will" because they cannot stand the idea of not having a say in things, and because they cannot predict the future, because we cannot model every local particle, let alone all the particles in the universe.
it's the reason religion is so durable. and aliens.