>but it doesn't mean that you can't change your own path in a meaningful way, you're free to take a harder path vs. an easier or more obvious one. This is of c

>but it doesn't mean that you can't change your own path in a meaningful way, you're free to take a harder path vs. an easier or more obvious one. This is of course debatable, there is some evidence to suggest that the feeling that you took a certain path is illusionary. Your brain made the decision, then you became cognizant of the options and you felt yourself making the decision[0], but if you could rewind the universe, you would always choose the same path based on your 'brain-state' at that time. At least that is what I understand of the most extreme "free-will doesn't exist" position. Just got lost in the SEP rabbithole [1], still not sure where I land on this issue. [0] : like how you feel thoughts 'bubble up' during meditation, you didn't actively 'think' those, they appeared to you. EDIT: atleast that is what it feels like [1]: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/#DoWeHaveFreeWill https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/#DoWeHaveFreeWil...