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Scientist, after decades of study, concludes: We don't have free will (phys.org)
submitted 11 months ago by Espiritdescali@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today
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[-] Umbrias@beehaw.org 7 points 11 months ago

It's a philosophical and semantic discussion and they have taken a side. If people could stop framing this as a scientific absolute that would be great.

[-] Nomad@infosec.pub 2 points 11 months ago

I agree. Its a technicality. Yes we dont have free will. But just in the sense that we can decide according to our free will, just that all the factors forming that decision have already happended and would have happened any other way. So free will exists, but its just a very complex illusion.

[-] Umbrias@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

Just depends on how you define free will, what you take from that definition, how you approach the randomness of quantum physics, and how you feel about the boundary conditions of the universe.

[-] confluence@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Sapolsky is an incredible behavioral biologist. You can watch a whole course of his Stanford lectures for free on YouTube.

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