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uomo_senza_nome says

Greatest I am says

Begin your next reply to me with a Y.

This is a stupid experiment because your reply will create an inherent bias on my brain state (one way or the other).

The brain state comes first, not the will.

I may create a bias, as all choices that you have to make in life do, but that does not negate the efficacy of the test.

BTW, whose free will decided to reply at all?

If not yours, then whose will was it?

My point is made I think.
We are the only ones we can blame or praise for our free will choices. Just as your will is responsible for your reply.

Regards
DL

Greatest I am says

My point is made I think.

"Though I don't think," added Deep Thought. "that you're going to like it."
"Doesn't matter!" said Phouchg. "We must know it! Now!"
"Now?" inquired Deep Thought.
"Yes! Now..."
"All right," said the computer, and settled into silence again. The two men fidgeted. The tension was unbearable.
"You're really not going to like it," observed Deep Thought.
"Tell us!"
"All right," said Deep Thought. "The Answer to the Great Question..."
"Yes..!"
"Of Life, the Universe and Everything..." said Deep Thought.
"Yes...!"
"Is..." said Deep Thought, and paused.
"Yes...!"
"Is..."
"Yes...!!!...?"
"Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.

uomo_senza_nome says

An analogy: brain is the river bed and thought is the stream flowing through it -- the thought is constrained by the river bed, but thought can alter the river bed as well.

"Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of those rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters."

- from: "A River Runs Through It"