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Seems like a religious argument that can never be proven or disproven.
by yellow_postit 3y ago
Seems like a religious argument that can never be proven or disproven.
- catlover76 3y agoIndeed. It's disappointing to see Sapolsky go down this route.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoSapolsky has always been a vocal critics of free will. It is discussed at length in his other books. His entire career has been researching and publishing the biological basis of behavior
- catlover76 3y ago> Sapolsky has always been a vocal critics of free will. It is discussed at length in his other books. Interesting; I only read one of his books and didn't pick this up.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoI know there is a dedicated section on free will in the book Behave. I havent read every one, so maybe you are talking about what that I havent seen. From my understanding, his academic career and body of literature largely runs through the how genetic environmental factors impact neurochemistry, and uses this to explain why individual actors behave a certainty way.
- allears 3y agoSeems related to the question of what is consciousness, another issue that I think is more in the religious or philosophical realm rather than the scientific.