How Does The Freewill Delusion | Freedom, Determinism Work?

Imagine you're playing with building blocks, you think you choose which block to pick next, but maybe there's a hidden rule guiding your hand. That’s what freewill and determinism are all about.

Freedom means you can choose different things. Like when you decide between chocolate or vanilla ice cream, it feels like you're picking one on your own. You think, I chose this, and that's freewill in action.

Determinism is the idea that everything happens because of what came before. Imagine a toy train that moves when you push it, once you start pushing, the train goes exactly as it should. If you know all the rules, like how the train works and where you pushed it from, you could predict exactly where it’ll end up.

Sometimes, we think we're making choices freely, but maybe there are hidden rules, things we don’t see, that make our “choices” feel more like a game with secret instructions. It’s like thinking you picked your ice cream on your own, when really, you always pick chocolate because it's your favorite and you didn't know you had a choice! Imagine you're playing with building blocks, you think you choose which block to pick next, but maybe there's a hidden rule guiding your hand. That’s what freewill and determinism are all about.

Freedom means you can choose different things. Like when you decide between chocolate or vanilla ice cream, it feels like you're picking one on your own. You think, I chose this, and that's freewill in action.

Determinism is the idea that everything happens because of what came before. Imagine a toy train that moves when you push it, once you start pushing, the train goes exactly as it should. If you know all the rules, like how the train works and where you pushed it from, you could predict exactly where it’ll end up.

Sometimes, we think we're making choices freely, but maybe there are hidden rules, things we don’t see, that make our “choices” feel more like a game with secret instructions. It’s like thinking you picked your ice cream on your own, when really, you always pick chocolate because it's your favorite and you didn't know you had a choice!