It is generally argued that our experience of free will presents a compelling mystery. On the one hand, we can’t make sense of…

“It is generally argued that our experience of free will presents a compelling mystery. On the one hand, we can’t make sense of it in scientific terms; on the other, wefeel that we are the authors of our own thoughts and actions. However, I think that this mystery is itself a symptom of our confusion. It is not that free will is simply an illusion — our experience is not merely delivering a distorted view of reality. Rather, we are mistaken about our experience. Not only as we not as free as we think we are — we do not feel as free as we think we do.”

–Harris, Sam.Free Will. New York: Free Press, 2012. (viacarvalhais)