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The New Science of Consciousness || Anil Seth

The Psychology Podcast

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The Reality of Free Will

The idea that there is a neuro-mechanistic basis for and therefore explanation of free will is where people feel most directly threatened by a science of consciousness. But I think it's the threat that's illusory, not the experience of free will. understanding how and why experiences of free will happen doesn't deny the reality of those experiences. And importantly, it doesn't deny their utility either.

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