Does “Free Will” Even Make Sense? (steve-patterson.com)

> and it’s just a useless trick, that happens to cost a lot of physical resources

Oh? What would those resources otherwise be used for?

Arguing, that illusion of having a free will is "just a useless trick, that happens to cost a lot of physical resources and serves absolutely no function" is indeed ridiculous.

Believing in free will apparently has an evolutionary advantage regardless of origins of such beliefs.