Do humans have free will?

[Mr Khan]

Jay520 said:

AbbathTheGrim said:

What would exist there if no environment and biological output would exist? Do you think that a personality could exist without any of those two?

The fact that I can decide whether I post this comment before or after I go to the bathroom proves that there is a will I can decide to exercise or not.

If you have been thinking about existencialism and how we are driven to take choices based in predetermined factors, I think that even there we have options. If you are thinking about an existence were only what we desire to see, feel, imagine, etc. exists, that will be a good trip for you, but beyond some psychodelic work of fiction material, I don't see much you will be able to get from that.

That's what I'm saying. If a person's personality is completely dependent upon those factors, then what makes any person different from another?

When we make decisions, are we 'making' decisions, or are our brains just performing outputs based upon external stimuli that any other human would make when met with the same circumstances? Did you choose to post a comment or is your brain simply apart of a strict function with no possible way of performing a different output? Well, of course you chose to post the comment because your want to post overcame your need to use the restroom. But do you ultimately control your want to post or need to go to the restroom?

I don't know where I'm going with this, I just thought it was an interesting topic & was interested in others' opinions

But you can put two people in the same situation and they'll make different decisions. If we are to make an argument against free will, we have to consider predestination as a holistic thing. Otherwise we very much have an ability to make a decision