Why cannot I use my free will all the time?

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There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_many_a_slip_twixt_the_cup_and_the_lip

Statistics says that probability works in daily life.

http://www.ehow.com/list_7719506_real-life-probability-examples.html

http://www.unm.edu/~tinan/math/stats.htm

How 'Free Will' Is Implemented in the Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130409091229.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience_of_free_will

Can I cut the finger of a person with a knife?

No, I am not tuned to do such things.

We are all individualistic, meaning that we are all different in thinking.

Our minds are as different as our finger prints -
no two are identical. Palmistry also says the same
thing. Every human is unique. Not only do our
organs differ, but our personalities differ. Each
human develops different goals, and has special
traits or feelings which differ in a million
different ways from others.

Significant differences exist between the male and female brains. Although what follows has been meticulously gathered from the research and writings of leading scientists and psychologists, it is by no means a hard and fast rule or description of every man and every woman. Every person is different and unique.

That every person is unique and has an intrinsic worth.

http://www.answers.com/Phenomenology

http://awate.com/unique-as-our-fingerprints/

Everyone is different no matter what, although there are some people who are similar but not the same.

Aristotle once said, "It is the mark of an educated mind to be
able to entertain a thought without accepting it." Listening to
others' ideas may not be easy, but it could be an valuable way to
learn something new or change your perspective on life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics_of_aggression

http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/12/08/genetic-influence-for-aggression/21623.html

laralya · Accepted Answer

Because we have to take care of our material world as well; we have to live as a physical body to pass some experiences and we have to think of other humans and other creatures in this world before taking any step in our lives. Are we sure, by the way, we really know what free will is? The will is free; we have no other kind of "will" other than the free one! And if it is free then it will do it's job. We are prisoned in material world; so we never can control what is not prisoned as we are. You see?...Easy! Our free will, will do anything necessary to put us free; so is correct we say: ..."use our free will"?! We do not use it I guess; It uses us to do what should be done. If you tell me: " ...but look at all the mess in the human lives! Should they do anything they wish?" I'll say those are not created by the free will, but probably by some disorder in humans thinking system which leads them to make mistakes and yes...some great great mistakes are among what they choose.
   The solution?!...Well...if we do not use our "free will" and  let "free will" takes us with it and lightens our dark nights of our souls, maybe we start to get to have a different experience at least.
   Thank you d_r_siva for asking such an important question.

DrEvol · Answer

Free will literally means freedom of one's own volition. Any time one makes a choice without being physically compelled to do someone else's will, one is exercising one's own free will. An intelligent person takes into consideration the factor of probability in making any decision. To bet all the wealth you have on one number with a billion odds stacked against winning is a choice that disregards the law of probability. This makes it a very BAD choice, but it is still a choice of free will.

Free will ends at the point of a gun.

? · Answer

Free will is an illusion. Our brains function under a thick web of duress. Every decision is factored on endless subconscious variables.

We seem to make choices because we don't observe our own strings.

Read "I am a strange loop" by Douglas Hofstadter for a clearer idea how the brain may actually work.

Curtis Edward Clark · Answer

Nothing in your long missive answers why you cannot use your freewill all the time.

So long as you make any decision about anything including not to decide, you use it.

If you think that because you MUST make decisions in life it means that you are not free, then you are asking to be released from jexistence itself. Life requires action.

? · Answer

We always have free will but sometimes our choices are very limited. If someone puts a gun to my head and says "give me your cash or take a bullet to the head", I would have two basic choices... tell them to go to hell and take the bullet or give them the cash.

Anonymous · Answer

all a bunch of bull because you haven't been trained in blocking  thoughts  and other people from manipulating you there are some  real evil doers out there !

Anonymous · Answer

As soon as we have society we have constraints. You still have the free will to decide if you are going to conform.

Your choice.

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