Is choice an illusion

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2026-05-15 09:20

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Looking at the facts it does seem that choice is just an illusion based on the multiplicity of outcomes. Its something like looking at a math equation and thinking of all the possible right answers that you can have, when it is very clear that there will only be one right answer.

Another way of looking at this is to understand how things can be predicted. Now I can safely predict that everyone will die one day. Do you have a choice between dying and not dying? probably not. However more importantly how do we know that there is no choice in death? Quite simply because we understand how this particular event occurs through experience. Now can I predict when and where someone will die? no and I cant think of anyone who can. This is definitely because of the inherent complexity in making such a prediction. Essentially I am pointing at my own inability to understand all the forces which will make this happen. Given the huge amount effort such an act will require and it is easy to resort to abstractions such as choice and free will.

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