Free Will Is Not an Illusion

Published: Jan. 30, 2020, 4:25 p.m.

b'Do we have free will? What does current science have to say about this question? Are people like Sam Harris right to conclude that free will is an illusion? How could free will work, if it is real, anyway? \\n\\nThese are the questions I cover in this episode. I\'ve been away awhile, and it feels good to be back!\\n\\nHere\'s a link to the episode\'s script:\\nhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1fZkyexjPaGEMDVDCftI6rgmBNAHRm1JA/view\\n\\nHere\'s a link to a video version of this podcast:\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h47dzJ1IHxk&feature=youtu.be \\n\\n\\nLinks to the papers discussed:\\n1983 Libet Study: https://academic.oup.com/brain/article-abstract/106/3/623/271932?redirectedFrom=fulltext\\n\\n1985 Libet Review: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/unconscious-cerebral-initiative-and-the-role-of-conscious-will-in-voluntary-action/D215D2A77F1140CD0D8DA6AB93DA5499\\n\\nHaggard: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053811919307311?via%3Dihub\\n\\nKoch: https://elifesciences.org/articles/39787\\n\\nLink to the "What is Existence" episode:\\nhttps://soundcloud.com/idea-list-850849064/episode-2-what-is-existence\\n\\n\\nytidealist@gmail.com\\n\\nTwitter: @idealistyt\\nhttps://twitter.com/IdeaListYT'