Unless a multiverse based (at minimum) on a Finite Curve exists within a singular continuum; then that person would be able to see all possible outcomes of all available choices.  That person's experiences would then be contained to a single pathway of causal action, yet the alternatives known and measurable.  Things get crazy by adding dimensions to our perception of Time and Space.

Listen.. Regarding the statement I made that was directed to the OP, your reply to it was out of context. Now I have no idea why you're talking to me about organic matter and DNA, when my point was about free will and causality down to a quantum mechanical level. You know, I even told you something factual about carbon.

Now let me hit you with some knowledge, and this will be the last of it because I don't want to derail this thread because of you. If you don't understand something I post, next time just ask instead of injecting yourself. I don't mind explaining my thoughts, but if you're going to say I'm not helpful, and making pointless post, then all I have to say is pot calling the kettle black. causality.

Rofl!

None of those things necessarily have anything to do with consciousness. Consciousness is merely self-awareness. It's quite clear that not only do you have absolutely no understanding of what consciousness is, but you seem to enjoy living oblivious to basic scientific facts.

We're clearly done here. Wow, just wow.

Free will is real to the extent that matters. If you look at it too deeply, it's not truly free, but that level isn't really relevant to everyday life.

Ofcourse emotions can be predicted, reality tv excels in it :)

But love in its purest form is selfless. Therefore there should be no way to say: that was just some robotic reaction to a stimulus.

What is love in its purest form? And why would love being selfless rule out it being a robotic reaction to a stimulus.
The love of a mother for their child is very strong and selfless. My wife wishes she could turn it down a bit, always worrying about what might happen. I would jump in front of a car too for my kids, yet luckily I'm spared a bit of the physically sickening feelings when they're doing something slightly dangerous.

Selfless acts out of love are usually of a robotic or subconcious nature. Afterwards it's usually "I wasn't thinking about it, I just acted" Like this tragic story http://globalnews.ca/news/2770699/man-struck-killed-by-fallen-tree-branch-in-popular-toronto-park/ He threw himself over his wife while a branch came down. There could be no concious decision making process preceding that. Seems very robotic.

As do I.  We experience Time one-dimensionally (forward), but if it is viewed from a three-dimensional perspective (like watching a movie), we are always being born, always living, always dying, always dead.  We have already made every decision we will ever make; it is now on us to understand these decisions in our own, limited way.

I'm not sure what else to call it. Sure the bond was cultivated over time, yet concious thought was not of the order while reacting to the situation.

As a teenager I reasoned myself into deciding to end it all at one point, classic existensial nihilism. At certain times I truly felt like I was simply observing my body from the outside, not really there, detached. However although I rejected love, still love prevented me from going that far. Even though it wouldn't matter for me, it certainly would matter for everyone I knew and be devastating to my family. Was that free will?
Over the years I got better and started enjoying life. I can't say I used anything as noble as choice and hope, drugs and videogames were it until I found love and through it hope. Drugs brought back being open to my emotions (xtc) and through videogames I met my wife. Now I'm more bound by love than ever, no absolute freedom, yet happier than ever. Up to a point that is, focusing on the positives instead of the negatives is the trick. Not always easy ofcourse.

I don't know what love is. It all seems very pre-programmed when I think about it. Loneliness getting worse and worse until the mind latches on to another human being. Luckily it latched on to the right one :)

Anyway I'm glad I've never had to battle my instincts, just my mind. I can't imagine what that would be like.

of course it is to some extent, since no one chooses the environment they are born into and the environment plays a great part or perhaps the most significant part in shaping an individual and subsequently the choices they make

...just remember that the next time you "choose" to judge someone harshly for whatever reason

tell the 7 year old kid living in war torn iraq where his main priorities are finding food and water while you play your video games that he has free will

Too bad that I was the only one in this thread who actually cared of responding to you. Now I understand why. Is this how you deal with every other member on this forum?

Do you actually even know what out of context means? I tried to understand where you wanted to go with that post of yours, but it seems you don't know it for yourself.

My first sentence in that response was: "What do you expect to find there?" So, wasn't I asking you? Where is the response to this? How can you go and tell me, I shoud ask you next time if I actually did? Kind of dishonest from you.

Now let me take a "deeper" look at your first post and make a comparision to what you've said in your last.

So, our brain is made out of atoms. Yes, indeed it is, like everything what you see and don't see(actually, you see the photons reflecting from it) is made out of matter. So is iron. Are we iron? No. But that's probably not wher you wanted to go. Atoms are made out of Neutrons, Protons (You missed that one) which is the core and electrons. Let's go deeper: You've got quarks, we have the family of quarks where we've got: up, down, charm, strange, top and bottom. Then we've got the Leptons with electron (oh wait, this one you already mention on a higher level, nvm) electron neutrino, muon, muon neutrino, tau and tau neutrino. I'm still asking myself where you want to go with this, but let's continue. Oh... you still want to go deeper, but.. that's how deep we can go. Besides the quarks and leptons we also have photons (without a mass), gluons, Z Boson, W Boson and the Higgs Boson which is giving our particles a mass. Ok, we reached rock bottom now. What's next?

"At what point are we different from the air we breathe and the light that we see?"

Well let's see.. air is a specific mix of elements of gas on earth on a certain level above the water (I had to google the right amount, I don't expect anyone to know this)

nitrogen (78,09%)
oxygen (20,95%)
argon (0,93%)
dioxide (0.039%)
and trace gases (0.003%)
Also water vapor with up to 2%

Ok.. and light is made of photons..... (I could go into electro magnetic waves and the spectrums of it, but what's the point?)

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We are not made out of photons, and we are not made out of air. There you go. We are made out of matter (atoms and all what comes with it) if you really want to go that way, but we differentiate between unorganic matter and organic matter. Yes, organic matter contains carbon and other elements. So what? The organic compound is what's the difference from a mix of gases (air) and photons.

And no, your point stated above was nowhere near about free will and causality. By the way, causality works in quantum mechanics a bit differently. And what has carbon to do with Free Will? Carbon is an element, so is oxygen and hydrogen. Seriously, please make the connections here.

So far, you are just throwing random terms into the mixer and hope something delicious will be the result. If someone doesn't agree with you, or doesn't get where you go.. you act like " Don't talk to me, I wasn't talking to you". Guess why I called you a princess. You don't like being called a princess? Well, no one is, that's why it was your right to report me. Not mad about it. If you want to report this post aswell, feel free.

But so far, your "explanations" are no big help to undestand where you went with your post.

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-Super_Boom

Such a simplified, narrow definition. Talking about basic scientific facts... I hope that helps and clear things up:

Consciousness is the state or quality of awareness, or, of being aware of an external object or something within oneself.[1][2] It has been defined as: sentience, awareness, subjectivity, the ability to experience or to feel, wakefulness, having a sense of selfhood, and the executive control system of the mind

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness#cite_ref-Farthing1992Psychology_3-0