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Why We Have Too Much Free Will || Ken Sheldon

The Psychology Podcast

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The Importance of Reductionism

I think reductionism is hugely important and it's taught us so much. I talk about the example of Charles Whitman in the 60s who shot a bunch of people from a bell tower in Texas. It turned out he had a tumor in his brain. Well, he wasn't able to make a good free choice because his brain didn't support it. And so I would say that reductionism mainly works when you're trying to explain why the system has failed.

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