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Such a state doesn't make a person have will over themselves.


it helps form what the person understands as his/her own 'free will'.

the Free Will (TM) state machine uses this constantly updated training data to bias its decisions throughout its shelf life. so there are rules (like you stated) but there is also a huge set of data that alters the rule's parameters, to such extent that some times, new rules are created and old ones get discarded.


How does it help when free will does not exist?


you are right. being merely a system to weigh chaos, it only helps the 'notion' free will.

free will in itself will never be provable.




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