[FRIAM] Hard problem vs. free swill

[Jon Zingale]

Nick,

Granted determinism, how might an evolutionary theorist or ethologist
approach the question of why we have the illusion of free will at all? It
seems to me that evolutionary theory can describe a deterministic history
just fine, but then I am unsure why we would ever need to develop a sense of
consciousness or a sense of agency. Couldn't nature find a way to have us do
the same without the added expense of reflected experience?



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