I've always thought that our conception of "free will" is flawed. In the case of the article you list, I don't see that as evidence against free will. There's n

I've always thought that our conception of "free will" is flawed. In the case of the article you list, I don't see that as evidence against free will. There's no homunculus in your subconscious making decisions for you that you don't have access to. It's all your brain and its functions making decisions. Just because we've labelled the very top of the iceberg free will or consciousness doesn't mean that the rest of the iceberg under the water isn't connected. There are a lot of studies about things like, for example, people saying they like someone more if the subject is exposed to warmth than if they're exposed to cold. Your brain still made that determination using all your experiences and patterns from your life, nothing "fooled" you or overrode your choice. We need to re-conceptualize our ideas of free will to include our whole brain, not just the magical separate part we've previously called our consciousness. In the same vein, it's looking a lot like we're going to have to figure out how to fit "partly sentient" animals into our model of free will and consciousness as well. There are too many animals exhibiting behaviors we previously thought of as human only. I think both of these things will be big revolutions in thinking in the coming years.