ϕ Why free will cannot exist

It can be said that because humans consist atoms which behave strictly in accordance with physical laws and thus completely determined and so on... But in the light of quantum discoveries there can be an objection that elementary particles are indeterminate — and again so on...

But there exists much more fundamental objection against free will: there is no will for choosing a will.

Let me explain: “free will” means an ability to decide what to do and behave accordingly, sometimes that decisions are ruled by our wishes or desires — BUT! How do you decide which wishes you are experiencing? In fact they appear without our control, we don’t choose them — that’s why the free will doesn’t exist.

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