▁free ▁will ". Paul hus , ▁D . L . ▁and ▁Marg ess on . ▁A ., ▁( 1 9 9 4 ). ▁Free ▁Will ▁and ▁Det erm in ism ▁( F AD ) ▁scale . ▁Un pub lished ▁manuscript , ▁V ancouver , ▁British ▁Columbia , ▁Canada : ▁University ▁of ▁British ▁Columbia . ▁ ▁The ▁research ers ▁also ▁found ▁that ▁people ▁consider ▁acts ▁more ▁" free " ▁when ▁they ▁involve ▁a ▁person ▁oppos ing ▁external ▁forces , ▁planning , ▁or ▁making ▁random ▁actions . ▁Not ably , ▁the ▁last ▁behaviour , ▁" random " ▁actions , ▁may ▁not ▁be ▁possible ; ▁when ▁participants ▁attempt ▁to ▁perform ▁tasks ▁in ▁a ▁random ▁manner ▁( such ▁as ▁generating ▁random ▁numbers ), ▁their ▁behaviour ▁bet ray s ▁many ▁patterns . ▁ ▁Among ▁philosoph ers ▁A ▁recent ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁survey ▁has ▁shown ▁that ▁compat ibil ism ▁is ▁quite ▁a ▁popular ▁st ance ▁among ▁those ▁who ▁special ize ▁in ▁philosophy ▁( 5 9 %). ▁Bel ief ▁in ▁libert arian ism ▁amount ed ▁to ▁ 1 4 %, ▁while ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁belief ▁in ▁free ▁will ▁equ aled ▁ 1 2 %. ▁More ▁than ▁half ▁of ▁survey ed ▁people ▁were ▁Americans . ▁ ▁Among ▁evolution ary ▁bi olog ists ▁ 7 9 ▁percent ▁of ▁evolution ary ▁bi olog ists ▁said ▁that ▁they ▁believe ▁in ▁free - will ▁according ▁to ▁a ▁survey ▁conducted ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁only ▁ 1 4 ▁percent ▁chose ▁no ▁free ▁will , ▁and ▁ 7 ▁percent ▁did ▁not ▁answer