Why we have free will.

So does free will exist?

Of course it does.

At least in the minds of many people.

At least as a phenomenon in life, a concept for hope and control and some sort of human power.

It can look that way, for sure.

It can feel that way, absolutely.

It can seem a really important straw to grasp.

But what about the people who know for sure that it’s bullshit?

What about the methodical skeptics, the critics, the analyzers?

There are more than enough people who oppose the whole idea and have talked about it or written books about it.

I did that.

A couple of years ago I spent quite some time deconstructing the notion of free will, and I found it very easy (and totally enjoyable) back then to call it nonsense.

I guess I missed the point.

It doesn’t matter.

Or it does.

You believe there is free will and that is somehow helpful or soothing or simply part of how you want life to be.

Or you just see it as a naïve and romantic idea.

And anything in between.