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Free Will in Communication

The speaker believes that free will is essential in communication and that speaking a language involves agential activity and a degree of freedom. Without free will, communication loses its meaning, with individuals merely repeating sounds they've heard without making choices in constructing sentences and embedding them with significance. The speaker considers free will not just in bodily actions but also in mental actions, particularly in the context of speaking and communication.

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YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSbUCEleJhg&t=9315s

In our first ontoprism, we take a look back at FREE WILL across the years at Theories of Everything. If you have suggestions for future ontoprism topics, then comment below.

TIMESTAMPS:

- 00:00:00 Introduction

- 00:02:58 Michael Levin

- 00:08:51 David Wolpert (Part 1)

- 00:13:48 Donald Hoffman, Joscha Bach

- 00:33:10 Stuart Hameroff

- 00:38:47 Claudia Passos

- 00:40:27 Wolfgang Smith

- 00:42:50 Bernardo Kastrup

- 00:45:23 Matt O'Dowd

- 01:19:06 Anand Vaidya

- 01:28:52 Chris Langan, Bernardo Kastrup

- 01:44:27 David Wolpert (Part 2)

- 01:51:37 Scott Aaronson

- 01:59:47 Nicolas Gisin

- 02:16:52 David Wolpert (Part 3)

- 02:32:39 Brian Keating, Lee Cronin

- 02:42:55 Joscha Bach

- 02:46:07 Karl Friston

- 02:49:28 Noam Chomsky (Part 1)

- 02:55:06 John Vervaeke, Joscha Bach

- 03:13:27 Stephen Wolfram

- 03:32:46 Jonathan Blow

- 03:40:08 Noam Chomsky (Part 2)

- 03:49:38 Thomas Campbell

- 03:55:14 John Vervaeke

- 04:02:41 James Robert Brown

- 04:13:42 Anil Seth

- 04:17:37 More ontoprisms coming...

NOTE: The perspectives expressed by guests don't necessarily mirror my own. There's a versicolored arrangement of people on TOE, each harboring distinct viewpoints, as part of my endeavor to understand the perspectives that exist.

THANK YOU: To Mike Duffy, of https://dailymystic.org for your insight, help, and recommendations on this channel.

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