[1penny42cents]

Thanks for this!

I suppose for our purposes, both determinism and indeterminism create the same paradox of free will. Determinism gives every event a determined prior cause, and indeterminism opens the door for random or otherwise undetermined prior causes, but both are incompatible with the notion of free will.

Would you agree with that reframing, or am I missing something?

[xtrapol8]

Well, these topics are useful mind fodder. Free will is the ability to be arbitrary as much as to be contrarian.

I am a proponent that consciousness allows a singular resolve from constructive and destructive interference. This may not sound like much, though it is better than “swerving atoms.” My constructive and destructive interference has been shaped by a life of tenacious willfulness and expansive trial and error.

I suppose I would claim preemptive error correction makes my will more free than that of my muddle minded reactionary peers.

Determination of resolve and determinism are two separate uses of the same word, confusing their interdependency.