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#158 – Zev Weinstein: The Next Generation of Big Ideas and Brave Minds
Lex Fridman Podcast
Is Free Will Just an Illusion?
I think classical mechanics would tell us that if we were to know every piece of information about a system and understand the rules which govern that system, we would be completely able to predict the future with complete accuracy. So for the breadth of acquiring knowledge, video is good for the depth. The medium doesn't matter. I think it'd be fun to ask you about some big philosophical questions to see if you have an opinion on that. Do you think there's a free will or is free will just an illusion? You are really making those decisions but with a completely predictable outcome. We're making legitimate systems within a system that has no freedom.
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