That’s why I included the causal bit. There’s a different sensation between “I can predict it (because something besides me will make it happen)” and “I can predict it (because I will make it happen)”. The latter feels like a plan, or an intention, with an energy of “the prediction itself is what’s doing the work” whereas the former feels like an expectation. And the capacity to make plans or intentions and see them through, is part of what people mean when they talk about free will, it seems like.
That’s why I included the causal bit. There’s a different sensation between “I can predict it (because something besides me will make it happen)” and “I can predict it (because I will make it happen)”. The latter feels like a plan, or an intention, with an energy of “the prediction itself is what’s doing the work” whereas the former feels like an expectation. And the capacity to make plans or intentions and see them through, is part of what people mean when they talk about free will, it seems like.