Ted Chiang on Free Will, Time Travel, Many Worlds, Genetic Engineering, and Hard Science Fiction – #19
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The Illusion of Free Will
The speakers question the notion of free will based on findings that neural activity precedes conscious decision making. They explore the idea that our feeling of making a decision may be an illusion and discuss different interpretations of a short story involving a bracelet that flashes a light before a decision is made. They also debate whether free will can exist in a deterministic universe.
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