# Free will -- How and when do you make your first choice?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 29, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-will-how-and-when-do-you-make-your-first-choice/767244 "2016-09-29T22:23:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-will-how-and-when-do-you-make-your-first-choice/767244/121 "2016-10-06T23:10:10Z")

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> [@octopus](#):
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> Just because a process takes time and is unpredictable before it’s finished doesn’t mean the process is non-deterministic.

I never said it is non-deterministic. Free will in the old little man in your head sense is deterministic also.  
We might be able to trace back the cause of a decision even if we cannot predict a decision.

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