15 - Robert Sapolsky: Why Society Would Be Fairer If We Stopped Believing in Free Will
Stanford Psychology Podcast
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The Irreducibly Reductive Version of Free Will
You need to be convinced that free will actually exist ah okay here's the really what will initially seem idiotically reductive but is in fact maybe idiotically holistic or something. Show me a neuron that just had an action potential for no reason whatsoever it started this whole cascade and show me that that neurons function was in no way affected by the person's mood or stress or state of mind that day, he says. You know I don't think that can be shownWhat would you like to see? Share your thoughts with us at CNN iReport.
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