Free will

Intention definitely seems to have an impact on what I do and what happens in the world. I aim a dart throw at the bullseye, and my dart does get closer to the bullseye (not that my darts aim is particularly good). I intend to stop at a stop light and I press my breaks. And that intention feels like free will. It makes me think I have some choice about what happens in the world, but I wonder if it's just my experience I'm choosing. Bear with me. So, let's assume (strong foundations!) that there are many many universes. universi. universes. And right now you're experience one universe. Imagine your soul as the thing that experiences what you're doing right now. It can all be just a fleshy machine doing sparky chemistry, or it can be an ethereal ghost-like thing or it can be a soul in the sense of any religion. So the meat sack (brain included) is doing a thing - throwing, breathing deeply, cutting veggies. The soul experiences what is being done. And my general experience is that I am…