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Free Will Explained by World’s Top Intellectuals

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

CHAPTER

Indeterminism in Classical Mechanics and the Incompatibility of Free Will with the Laws of Nature

Nicholas Gissen and the host discuss the implications of indeterminism in classical mechanics for free will, followed by a critique of Sabine Hausenfeld's extreme view that free will is meaningless. They highlight the irony in her reliance on classical mathematics while cautioning against overestimating it, and mention her belief in a super deterministic world based on quantum randomness.

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