[DougShrapnel]

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Not sure how this gets you to free will. Why did you reason the way you did?

[/ QUOTE ] Not only can your values be changed as was shown in the example, but so can your abilty to reason be changed and improved. How it gets to free will is a certain point one has the ability to accept or reject the percieved input. Freewill is what arises out of a infinte recursive loop in learning and percieving. When we examine a certain situation, we take different perspectives of the world and the try to see if it fits for the given situtation. When we find a good fit, we use that perspective. If the situation turns out the way we liked, we stenghten that perspective of the world that we used. And if it doesn't turn out the way we like we lessen our use of that perspective. We can control the perspectives we are able to use, and we can control the output that we would like to see, but only after, in most cases, we realize that we are being determined. At a certain point free-will and determinism becomes a chicken and egg game. People like to compare us to an advanced computer, but one difference between us and computers is the ability to choose the learning data, and disregard some learnt information because it to much work to make the changes that are required. The more you know about just how you are determined the more free-will you have. But don't worry there are alot of people who choose not to accept all that is required to actualy have free-will, because it is to difficult, instead they say it is an illusion. And they are of course right, it is to much work for not enough gain, if you are happy in your life, with your beliefs to change them, regardless if they are right or wrong.