What it is about free will?

JDN 2456778 EDT 21:26.

 

Why does the concept of free will lead to such intense disagreement, even among people who otherwise agree? Jerry Coyne mocks hapless bloggers who make bad arguments for free will, but come on, it's easy to make a bad argument for a good position.

In fact, free will seems to be a situation where even once we agree on all the facts, we still disagree intensely on the semantics. Even once all the fact nodes are set, the algorithm demands one more node.

But here's t...