While reading your article, I was reminded of another I read, not so long ago. It was from Science Daily and the point of that article was that if mankind has freewill, he must get it from matter. Apparently, the scientists who did the math couldn't find another source for freewill.

Just a couple months ago, I read another article describing how scientists are starting to think that everything is conscious. It went into some detail but it suggested that a chair or a rock is conscious, but it's a very simple consciousness.

Then I think of the proton, with an apparent half life of 10³⁵ years. That's an extremely stable particle, and if he (or she) is conscious, that is a very, very long time to think.

Then there is my friend, a computer programmer and infrared laser mad scientist. He once said that the voices we hear in our heads is the sound of the mitochondria talking as one.

Wherever "freewill" comes from, it's a trip.