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I've been through the free will sequences a second time now, and I'm trying to figure out how to apply it to my life.
See, even that sounds weird, because applying to my life...trying...figure out...whether I do or not is inevitable, right?
Speaking from the naive standpoint, how does the determinist viewpoint affect your decisions? How do you think about it, incorporate it? Do you compartmentalize and pretend you're in control, or what?
Two useful ways to look at free will:
http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1438
http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2011/07/13/free-will-is-as-real-as-baseball/