The document discusses whether free will is an illusion based on scientific evidence from logic and reason. It presents quotes from philosophers and neuroscientists arguing that while people feel they are freely choosing their actions, their choices are actually determined by factors they are unaware of such as their brain physiology and past experiences. Free will, according to these sources, is an illusion because people cannot freely will or direct their own wants and desires.

1. To what extent can science
(logic/reason) prove that
free will is simply an
illusion?
Pilar + Thiashya

2. "Men think themselves free
because they are conscious
of their actions, but ignorant
of their causes"
Baruch Spinoza (1632 - 1677)

6. "We feel that we choose,
but we don't"
John-Dylan Haynes, neuroscientist

8. Liberty = the power to act or
not act, according as the
mind directs
Will = power to direct the
operative faculties to motion
or rest in particular instances

9. "A human can very well do
what he wants, but cannot
will what he wants"
Einstein