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#318 - Physics & Philosophy

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Limits of Freedom

When I do what I prefer, that does not seem like evidence of free will to me. Where this becomes psychologically interesting is when they all too often have to confront in themselves preferences. They find it very difficult to change behavior. There's a kind of a Congress of selves in competition. People are at odds with themselves and that makes the limits of freedom interesting. But there's a mystery at my back which we may know something about in the end.

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