Neuroscience and free will

On a slightly different tack, one that's a bit more interesting to me. It might be more accurate to suggest that my sense of free will, may be my sense of pursuing a different trajectory from that of 'the group'.

I find this idea of balance between the individual, and the group really interesting. There are some fascinating studies on ant colonies selection of a new home, showing some really very clever balance at work, between the power of the individual scout ant to influence the colony, vs the power of the ant colony (group).

So my sense of freedom, might really be my sense of pursuing a different trajectory to 'the group', and that this occurs within the shared/created group reality. Rather than being a sense of freedom that I've naively grown-up with, which is based within the belief that I am an isolated individual, in a world that exists separately from me.

Well said.