[placebo]

I think a better way out of the trap of the free will vs. determinism question is to really dive not into the question of whether or not we have free will, but of who exactly is asking the question. What exactly is this me that's supposed to have this thing we call free will.

The first change in my perception of this question was many years ago when I read Raymond Smullyan's piece "Is God A Taoist" - I think it's definitely still worth read:

http://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/godTao...