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That is only because of the way in which you define free will.
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The definition of "free will" is pretty cut-and-dry. Decision-making that isn't "caused" by anything.
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How so? Those reactions are still occuring within my brain, are they not? Therefore, I am reasoning, and I did arrive to those conclusions, regardless of what triggered them.
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"Reasoning" implies a direction by consciousness. In the hard determinist view (of which chemical and genetic varities are a part), the conscious deliberation is merely an illusion. You didn't "reason," your brain went through chemical reactions.