[Research] suggests that what we think of as free will....

“ [Research] suggests that what we think of as free will is largely an illusion: much of the time, we are simply operating on automatic pilot, and the way we think and act – and how well we think and act on the spur of the moment – are a lot more susceptible to outside influences than we realize. ”

Malcolm Gladwell

From : Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking