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human
Here’s my take on this. If we lived in a universe where no free will existed, I don’t see why we would struggle to think over decisions. Everything would be automatic. What ice cream do I want? If we’re merely the sum of our chemical/physical reactions then why would I ever take time to come up with an answer to that question? Even though the phrase “I think, therefore I am” isn’t referencing the idea I’m describing, the words apply here as well. You think, therefore you are. You have free will because you struggle over basic choices that, if you were merely a biological automaton, you would never struggle over.
gpt
>If we lived in a universe where no free will existed, I don’t see why we would struggle to think over decisions.
We struggle over certain choices because of the complexity of our world but this doesn't really imply free will to me. We struggle to make certain choices because they aren't always so black and white, there are pros and cons to everything which leads us to considering each path, but ultimately how we would respond to any given choice is determined by whatever has happened to us in the past, giving us no real control and making us kind of like dominos that have been set up since the creation of the universe. Drop one person into the same situation a million times and they will always make the same decisions, because all of their future actions are based on what has happened to them before. 
In this process of learning and choosing it doesn't really seem like we have much control over any of it, we kind of just fall into whatever brainstate the world takes us in.