In other words, is there any individual cell that can decide between two or more options, or all they all solely chemical and mechanical reactions without any self-determination at all?

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    I think that the illusion of free will is based on the fact that we’re conscious and thus have preferences and since decisions naturally tend to align with said preferences it then feels like we’re in control. However, nobody chose their likes and not-likes.

    I think Brian Greene put it nicely; we don’t have free will but we have the experience of freedom