lol the way they say "cling to the belief" made me chuckle. Bit
   of a biased article there.. and a little cocky in its certainty.
   But yeah, it's impractical to believe in "there's no free will".
   I suppose I take a compatiblist position ultimately. I don't see
   any real reason for a hard line to be drawn between "there is"
   and "there isn't" because cognitive science can proceed just
   fine with either way of thinking... and there's really not much
   benefit to believing we DON'T have free will, unless one wants
   an excuse for behaving badly. It's the old nature vs nurture
   argument in a different form. "It's my nature! Couldn't help
   myself!" Or for purely nurture: "Momma hit me with a stick!
   Couldn't help myself!" Gotta have a mix. Gotta teach a mix. All
   free will leads to dangers when there IS major brain
   malfunction. All no free will leads to dangers when someone
   knows PERFECTLY WELL they meant to do something but now they
   have a scientifically valid excuse for their behavior. == I
   *wanted* to like Sam Harris. He starts off ok. But then he goes
   into never-never-land in my book and gets all misty-eyed at the
   freedom he suddenly gets by having no free will. I'm like,
   "dude... really?" ==