
Don’t Panic, but Robert Sapolsky Says There’s No Free Will
Inquiring Minds
Unpredictability Does Not Equal Undeterminism
The idea of free will was erroneously linked to unpredictability by various thinkers, including founders of chaos theory. The critical mistake made is the assumption that unpredictability inherently means that outcomes are undetermined, which confuses the concepts and misrepresents the nature of free will.
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