I've always thought of free will as an absurdity.

Here's my thought process:

If I make a decision, there's 2 possibilities:

  1. The decision is based upon prior information and states, therefore there is a deterministic causality

  2. The decision is not based upon prior causality: E.g. I have a "soul" and that's what decides.

However, if we look into 2, we arrive at the same problem:

  1. Either the souls decision is deterministic based upon metaphysical information

  2. Or the soul has a soul (where the same problem appears, turtles all the way down)

3. Or, if the choice is not based on any prior information, then we must conclude that it is therefore completely random (since its not based on anything)

So, either there is no free will because all your actions are determined by past actions, or instead free will just means that part of your actions are just based on, essentially, the throw of a dice. In both of these cases, you yourself have 0 agency.

I think saying that Free Will exists when it equates to a random choice is absurd.