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Tom Bilyeu
Legendary biologist Robert Sapolsky argues in his book *Determined* that free will, purpose, and God do not exist because human behavior is entirely downstream of biology and environment. He posits that while we often feel like captains of our ships making conscious choices, these decisions are actu …
Tom Bilyeu
In 2008, a Berlin-based team of neuroscientists utilized fMRI technology to demonstrate that free will is an illusion by predicting button presses up to ten seconds before participants were consciously aware of their decision. This finding suggests that the conscious mind merely rationalizes actions …
Lex Fridman
In this episode of *The Lex Fridman Podcast*, Sam Harris explores the origins and nature of consciousness, arguing that thoughts do not originate from a central self but rather emerge spontaneously into awareness without prior authorship. He challenges the common intuition that we are authors of our …
Lex Fridman
Joscha Bach, a researcher exploring intelligence and consciousness, frames human existence through cybernetic metaphors in this podcast episode with Lex Fridman. He suggests that what we perceive as a "person" is largely a fiction; instead, individuals are pieces of software running on the brain—a r …
Lex Fridman
In this episode of the Lex Fridman Podcast, Annaka Harris explores the nature of free will and consciousness, arguing that what we perceive as a distinct self making decisions is largely an illusion constructed by brain processing. She distinguishes between "free will," which she defines broadly as …