Bagpuss - 'is free will an illusion' - now that is a tough one, seriously. I ain't no quantum mechanic; but I gather that the cumulative weight of scientific findings suggests: Yeah. This answer is abhorrent to us, of course. Yet, there it is. Well. Maybe. (Again with the Uncertainty principle, oy.) / But then, if what we call "matter" is an illusion, as seems definitely to be the case, then why *shouldn't* "free will" be? (And, does it Matter?) / Of course if our Will ain't Free, then the initial conditions of the universe are compelling me to send this post. Which does seem questionable, I grant you. (Freely.) :)