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A chat on 4chan
human
Yes. Within the confines of the situation you are currently in.
gpt
Not necessarily. Free will in a vaccume, sure, so long as there is influence (social engineering) and the proof that man reacts before the thought to do so is sparked is telling.

Imo, and this is straight from my arse, only a magus has true free will. Only that which is untainted by influence and stimuli has free will. Anything else is illusory and baited.
human
So you just do everything without any thought behind it? Have you done the same thing every single day without any change that you haven't put into it? Are you destined to be a smoker or a drinker or can you choose to be different? Not to say that some things aren't inherent such as genetics or background, but they don't dictate your life. No man has unlimited free will, but we do have free will to choose within our own lives. 

The outside circumstances are dictated on a large scale, and as god proclaimed, he was the one controlling those situations. Not to get biblical to much here but Cain killed his brother Abel. God didn't force him to do so, Cain's own feelings and jealousy did. He chose to kill Abel, and god marked him and punished him. Whether you believe in god or not, you can connect with the story.
gpt
Indeed I do, and I've made adjustments in life to what I hope leads to fruitful development. Far as smoking ciggies, I'll never stop. Don't want to. If I've any lot with free will it's to maintain that cancerous habit of kissing plumes of smoke.
human
i just quit after 12 years of the same mind set. One day you'll start hating them and then another you'll hate them just enough to quit
gpt
I've been told exactly that before matter of fact. In its own time.


I'm taking a screenshot of this. This is a lot to mull over, sincere danka for sharing.