It is also a mistake to call the experience of volition an illusion. These experiences are perceptual best guesses, as real as any other kind of conscious perception, whether of the world or of the self. A conscious intention is as real as a visual experience of color. Neither corresponds directly to any definite property of the world—there is no “real red” or “real blue” out there, just as there is no spooky free will in here—but they both contribute in important ways to guiding our behavior, and both are constrained by prior beliefs and sensory data.
