I like to get everyone's perspective on this one is, and it's an, it's an old question. The whole free will question. Do we really have any actual agency or is it already all determined? And I don't know. My understanding when I talk to many folks who are, who lean into science is, Hey, it's all a chain reaction,. et cetera. It's all physics. One thing leads to another leads to another lead to another. All the way back to the Big Bang, it's predetermined. Any sort of feeling you have that you're controlling your life or making decisions is just an illusion.
What do you dream of while working on Inception? Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt to explore time travel, dreams, and the science and philosophy behind his projects.
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