Since our actions and thoughts are determined by chemical reactions

Yes. The brain, like all physical things, is a creation of the mind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idealism

Define "free will".

>>8743737
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/free_will
Already been done.

No, we do not.

>>8743753
That definition is either incoherent or obviously false depending on how you look at it.

>>8743719
Only the thoughts determined by free radicals.

>>8743719

No more so than we would if there were an all-knowing being who knew exactly what we would do before we were even born.

>>8743780
^kek

The universe is deterministic, if you had complete knowledge of every particle in the univers and inifinite computing power you could predict everything that will ever happen

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Bet you didn't see THIS coming! I was going to post three foxes yawning, but I changed my mind.

>Believing the universe isn't just ad-hoc explanations for natural phenomena that are created to fill in the gaps as we choose to investigate them

>>8743719
since quantum mechanics is partly random we have free will :^)

>>8743719
>are determined by chemical reactions
Not likely. They are the presentation of who we are.
You're asking if you have consciousness.
Only you can answer that.

>>8743719
Are we all bubbles floating on the wind?

>>8744936
You think you changed your mind, but you were going to do that to begin with because your brain is wired in such a way that you changed your mind.

Copenhagenfags please go

"we don't know so we'll never know" isn't valid

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>>8743719