With so many conscious and unconscious factors shaping our decisions, we don’t know which choice we’ll make until the very last moment. It’s rather like a complex weather system that makes it hard to predict whether it’ll rain or shine in three weeks. The fact that we can’t predict this doesn’t mean that clouds have free will and are doing as they please though.

With so many conscious and unconscious factors shaping our decisions, we don’t know which choice we’ll make until the very last moment. It’s rather like a complex weather system that makes it hard to predict whether it’ll rain or shine in three weeks. The fact that we can’t predict this doesn’t mean that clouds have free will and are doing as they please though.