#318 - Physics & Philosophy
Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content
The Importance of Free Will
"I actually went through a deliberative process. I considered different possibilities," he says. "On the basis of which one seemed preferable to me that is on the basis of my own desires, I chose the one I thought I preferred." If you had a Laplacian demon who could predict all of your actions in advance because we live in a fully deterministic universe, wouldn't you feel like this is not free will? He adds: "What more do you want?"
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