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There are numerous subconscious motivations for behaving in ways that rationally make no sense, and because all of that happens subconscious you have no knowledge and no choice - which points to "Free will is an illusion".

Consciousness is not the final arbiter of free will. Consciousness is indeed more reflective than causal. An orientation or worldview that's been consciously formulated over a lifetime of careful contemplation is bound to be largely subconscious in the context of ongoing experience, which quite naturally is preoccupied with whatever's presently perceived. Yet the response to such exigencies is conditioned by the lifelong formulation of an underlying orientation. That's the basis of the notion of responsibility, and why we apply radically different expectations for the behavior of youngsters versus adults.

Tom

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