The Concept of Free Will

[Cygnus]

Humans have acquired more understanding about free will as time passed, however there are still things that are not clear about the concept. Free will and physical determinism seem to be unable to co-exist for some, making it in the end a dispute about faith really. We also have understood that even if there is a god or not there are basic laws of physics and nature, and those laws limit or permit us as humans to do certain things, and that limiting may interfere with free will.

With that stated I ask, is there such a thing as free will despite being limited as humans? If you believe in destiny how does it work since it seems to be based on faith.

[Harry Smith]

Humans have acquired more understanding about free will as time passed, however there are still things that are not clear about the concept. Free will and physical determinism seem to be unable to co-exist for some, making it in the end a dispute about faith really. We also have understood that even if there is a god or not there are basic laws of physics and nature, and those laws limit or permit us as humans to do certain things, and that limiting may interfere with free will.

With that stated I ask, is there such a thing as free will despite being limited as humans? If you believe in destiny how does it work since it seems to be based on faith.

There is a difference between Free will and manipulation. I don't understand how the laws of physics and nature limit our free will. Does Gravity some how limit my free will? Your post dosen't really make much sense mate because it is a fundamental fact that we have free will

[MrMundane]

What he means is humanities existence predetermined by the physical laws of the universe? Are we just living out our lives to the laws of the universe and free will is simply how it appears. Do we actually have free will or are we simply going through the cosmic paces.
Tell you the truth, there are objects in reality that appear random, take us for example. However, are we limited by these laws or will we be able to overcome them with time? I believe there will be a point when we have enough knowledge to understand our desisions and to bend those laws to our will. So free will is not in our grasp yet, in my opinion.