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Roy Baumeister: Free Will, The Self, Ego, Will Power

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

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Reflecting on Missed Opportunities and Philosophical Perspectives

The speaker reflects on a conversation they had with someone on a channel that went well, speculating that the other person might want to come back. They mention missed opportunities where they wished they had said something they thought about later, comparing it to George Costanza from Seinfeld. The speaker acknowledges feeling frustrated for not being able to elaborate further during the conversation due to time constraints and moderator interruptions. They highlight the importance of choices over determinism, mentioning the shift from deterministic worldviews to existentialism and phenomenology in the 20th century. The speaker challenges the belief in determinism and criticizes psychologists who advocate for it, emphasizing that we live in a world defined by choices.

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