There was a thread here recently that sort of touched on this. It was about where the decisions we make come from. One of the points raised in that thread was that we don't really make decisions and that our neurochemistry decides what we do before we even know what we'll decide to do. This means that everything we decide to do is predetermined. We have no choice in the matter. No free will.

Determinism, broadly, is the idea that, given the exact same circumstances, you would always make the same decision. If there was another you on another planet, and that you grew up having the same genes and experiencing the same environment, that you would do everything exactly the same as you. It would make the exact same decisions.

What I want discussed is;

• Do you believe free will exists? Yes/No and Why?
• If it doesn't exist, what impact does that have on our daily lives?

I've got ideas of my own, but I'll see what people come up with before jumping in.