The Paradoxes of Free Will and Predictive Machines

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Our understanding of free will and predicting the future is filled with paradoxes. People often assume that a perfect model of the universe can determine our actions, but this leads to infinite regression and paradoxical traps. Until we fully reconcile the extrinsic and intrinsic factors, it is too early to claim we don't have free will. We cannot have an incomplete science and neuroscience struggles to explain our experiences. Science is not complete and parallels the concerns about AI.

Neuroscientist and author Erik Hoel talks about his book, The World Behind the World, with EconTalk's Russ Roberts. Is it possible to reconcile the seemingly subjective inner world of human experience with the seemingly objective outer world of observation, measurement, and science? Despite the promise of neuroscience, Hoel argues that this reconciliation is surprisingly difficult. Join Hoel and Roberts for a wide-ranging exploration of what it means to be human and the limits of science in helping us understand who we are.