[pete fabrizio]

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Anyway, it seems to me that somewhere out there in logicland, a proof of free will can be constructed from the simple fact that PEOPLE WONDER (AND DISCUSS) WHETHER THEY HAVE FREE WILL.

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Not really. Discussing and wondering about free will can just be a product of the deliberative process that helps super-smart and incredibly-well adapted beings like humans make very good decisions, taking into account theoretical considerations, etc etc. I.e., the determinist just sees this as a perfectly reasonable (even expected) symptom of high-order reasoning.

I've spent a significant amount of time studying the free will question, and I've come to the conclusion that all sides are just talking past each other using different definitions. Pretty much everyone thinks we have to at least pretend we have free will in order to operate (although this would be true of people who didn't have FW too), and everything past that is kind of spinning wheels.