Thank you everyone for commenting, you did so because you were compelled by forces that you don't control and thus, did not do so of your own free will. On a s

Thank you everyone for commenting, you did so because you were compelled by forces that you don't control and thus, did not do so of your own free will. On a serious note, Sam Harriss essay on free will is a good read, nihilism and existentialism too. A point I'd like to make is that surrendering and accepting to things you don't control can bring you short term peace but will crush your long term peace. I personally don't care if I have or don't have free will, there are things about myself and the world around me that I cannot control but will never stop trying to fight against it. Hurting people, for one. I think that's my definition of free will. Someone else made a point that free will could be similar to the god of the gaps theory, where free will is in the gaps.