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by whatshisface 2414 days ago
>your decision process was programmed into your brain by nature & nurture,

But that's asserting the absence of free will, which you can't do in an argument meant to prove the absence of free will. Your interpretation of a free will experiment can't involve assuming a-priori that there is no free will.

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Any discussion about free will should probably start with an agreed-upon definition of what "free will" is and what might be needed to confirm that it does or doesn't exist.

I think that's pretty much the issue right there.

h/t Wittgenstein

The only assumption I'm making is that you have no choice where and when you are born. Do you disagree with that?