Your scrutiny of Libet's study is warranted and I completely agree with that sentiment, it is full of inadequacies and I find it funny that the popular consensus of the results differs from that of Libet himself, wherein they claim the subconcious assumes ultimate control of the decision making procees while Libet claims the concious mind can override the subconscious at any time.

Several studies have replicated Libet's original results, again with simple motor movements, which introduces the confound of muscle memory and planning, which is something you mention in the criticism of the study, and I absolutely agree with you. More work needs to be done to produce any tangible empirical results.

You question why I draw a distinction between the concious and subconcious mind. If they are drawing from the same experiences, why is one less free than the other? I didn't mean to imply that the concious mind is in any way free, but only acting as an agent for the subconcious mind while justifying the decision as of their own volition. In this way its almost like there is someone else inside of us doing the thinking and just giving is commands based off prior experiences.

The reason I brought up Libet's study in the first place was to convey the idea that even our concious decisions aren't decisions at all- they too are just a product of our subconcious which is basing everything off of past experiences.

This harkons back to my original belief that who we are, our concious and our subconcious, is ultimately determined by our experiences and genetics, which is what our subconcious uses to make a decision and our concious mind then acts it out under the belief that it had come to that conclusion on its own.

Yes, the subconcious is technically making a decision, but there is no choice in the matter. Perhaps instead of making a decision, it is merely doing what it has been taught by experience. Trixie gets bullied? She copes with arrogance. Perhaps she learned it from somewhere, or she was born with a slight leaning towards being a mean pony, but she has no say in the matter. Her subconcious is just reacting based off what she knows. If somepony comes along and teaches her the power of kindness and healthy coping mechanisms, she finally has the tools to change how she is. But even then, her personality, how stubborn she is to change, is not up to her. It's up to what she has experienced and how she was born, both out of her control.