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It's a funny trick dopamine plays on brains, rewarding them and making them feel empowered in forming memories while informing them and coercing their later actions. The illusion of free will is almost, if not entirely, inescapable.
I remember watching my young son thinking he was playing a video game but it was just the demo. That's the illusion of free will.