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Free Will Explained by World’s Top Intellectuals

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

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Examining the Illusion of Free Will in Cognitive Neuroscience

Donald Hoffman challenges the assumption of neural causation in behavior and argues that free will, though a useful fiction, is ultimately just that. He discusses the contrasting viewpoints of philosophers such as Dan Dennett and Sam Harris on the existence of free will, and explores the concept of conscious agents and their interactions.

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