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Gary · 05-10-2007, 11:07 PM

If we are really programmed through a socialization process (which we are) then many of our behaviors are running on automatic based on previously embedded beliefs.

In that case we don't have free will, we just get to think we do. It's much like the movie the Matrix. Do the people dreaming in the Matrix have free will? No.

Neo didn't have Free Will until he broke free from his previously installed program. (read Belief System)

Then it isn't an intellectual question of whether we have Free Will. The question is whether we will fight to get it back.

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Gary Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 101	Free Will within the Matrix If we are really programmed through a socialization process (which we are) then many of our behaviors are running on automatic based on previously embedded beliefs. In that case we don't have free will, we just get to think we do. It's much like the movie the Matrix. Do the people dreaming in the Matrix have free will? No. Neo didn't have Free Will until he broke free from his previously installed program. (read Belief System) Then it isn't an intellectual question of whether we have Free Will. The question is whether we will fight to get it back.