[_y5hn]

Free will is inevitable.

[andrei_says_]

Free from what?

If one has will to choose based on a preference is the will free from having that preference?

Was the preference chosen?

[_y5hn]

Free from stepping into an obvious hole in front of you. Free to smash particles at high speed. It's all relative.

[andrei_says_]

I don’t remember choosing to acquire the preference to avoid stepping into a hole or falling down the stairs.

I was born preferring to avoid danger and pain. It was never a free choice.

I have not yet observed a choice that is independent or free.

[dvh]

I knew you would write that.

[_y5hn]

That's why I wrote it.

[techbio]

Change your mind yet?

[_y5hn]

Unable to change my own mind.

[imtringued]

If this universe has free will, did everyone in this universe have the free will to decide to be born into their current life? Did they decide to be born with free will?

[_y5hn]

We struggle to define all of existence, so we have no frame of reference to speak for Existence.

What happens before birth (or conception really) is a Mystery.

I believe in anticipation though. A dog may bark in anticipation of owner returning home, before they come home or not.

So you need a frame of reference to speak of. If it's all bounded outcomes are certain. But nothing pragmatic is ever perfectly bounded..

Notice that Free Will doesn't imply we always get what we want!