Is free will an illusion?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is free will an illusion?". Your opponent's style: Devil's advocate

不是，自由意志是人想干什么就干什么

You're confusing freedom with the *illusion* of freedom. "Doing what you want" doesn't prove free will exists, it proves your wants are determined by prior causes: your genes, your experiences, your brain chemistry right now. You didn't choose those. When you "want" something, that want arose from conditions you didn't control. You're not free, you're just following the path your determination laid out. The real question isn't whether you can do what you want, it's whether you could have wanted differently given identical circumstances. Could you? That's where your argument collapses.