Breaking free from free will

For years I have pondered whether we have free will or not. When I was a teenager I refused to believe that our destinies were predetermined because I felt some innate need for every decision that I made to control my future. I had the common thought that if our destinies were predetermined then I could just sit in my house and everything that was supposed to happen to me would. Years passed by and after several computer science, simulation modeling, and probability classes I started to ponder how you could model the decision making of a human being.

In simulation modeling the larger scale you are trying to model the easier it is. For instance, in our solar system we can model large bodies such as the orbit of planets because we can account for the variables necessary to model their movement. We can accurately predict where each planet will be at a certain point in time such that probability disappears. There is only one outcome of where the planets will be when all variables are accounted for.

The same concept applies to human decision making. When you make a decision there are several internal and external variables that will influence you to make a decision. At the time the decision is made the variables are locked in and there is only one outcome possible for the decision you will make. You may perceive that you could choose other choices, but in actuality at the time of the decision it was impossible to ever choose the other choices. This is what I call perceived free will. I don't think free will exists in any fashion.

If you had to make the same decision a million times you would make the same choice every time because these internal and external variables that guide your decision making would not change. These are what I call the barriers to decision making. The barriers are internal and external variables that limit you to one and only one possible decision.

The decision that you made is the only one that you could have ever made. Studies have shown that your subconscious has already made a decision up to seven seconds before your conscious mind is aware of it. The truth is there is no free will and we need to break free of this illusion.