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Somebody does something. It's wonderful. It's appalling. 

It's ambiguous, and we ask the most common of questions. We say, "Why did they do that? And the answer is because a few milliseconds ago, certain parts of their brain neurons activated and caused that to occur.

Most of us think that we have free will and our actions are not determined. Yet many scientists and philosophers argue that there is that free will is an illusion. So, what's the reason for this opposition, and who's right, Paul?