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Yeah, Solipsism is the belief you're the only (verifiably) conscious person in existence. Basically skepticism on drugs. I do consider impulses part of the person, though. Like, I have the impulse to smoke a cigarette, but I can choose to resist that or not. That impulse is a part of me, though, that has causes in decisions I made in the past. And that's basically my stance on that question: Free Will exists because the decisions I make are per definition mine - I am the brain that made that decision. I don't make choices because something outside me compels me to, I make them because I weigh the consequences. Also, god yes, get your shit together evolution smh