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The Dichotomy of Free Will

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The two words that are favorite amongst the young and the restless in the brave new world are ' free will', the panacea to solve all the world's problems . The phrase is less understood beyond the attraction of our right to choose and act with free will. Wikipedia says ' Free will is closely linked to the concepts of responsibility, praise, guilt, sin, and other judgements which apply only to actions that are freely chosen .' Concept of Free-will was nicely touched in the movie ' Bruce Almighty ', where God (the amazing Morgan Freeman) hands over the powers of God to Bruce (the super Jim Carrey) with only two conditions. First he can tell no one that he is God, the second one is more intriguing  ' you can't mess with free will ', even GOD does not or cannot mess with free will. (https://youtu.be/6et2ZSodS0g) It's definitely worth a watch if have not it yet. It rings so true to our lives, where we ignore all advise, guidance, messages, ...