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I wish, for once, that experts discussing free will would define it. Coherently. And if we have free will, doesn't that mean that we are miraculously able to do things that run contrary to the normal worldly course of things wherein everything happens due to immediately antecedent conditions? How do we get around those conditions? ("Here, a miracle occurs.") Also, where on the evolutionary scale do creatures besides man stop having free will? My cat will choose between two foods I put out, so it would appear she can make a decision between two options and probably has as much free will as many people in certain situations. On the other hand, if I put two goldfish foods in different ends of the tank and my goldfish clearly shows a preference for one, is it exercising free will or simply following a primitive law of attraction? Single cell organisms may choose to head toward a light source. A plant may bend toward a window, too. Why is this question always framed about mankind?

The American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan NYC is amazing well beyond the what the public sees.

No tangible proof he has produced money by legit trading activity. Actually all the available evidence points to a much different story

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Interesting that both of these noted communicators felt that their conversations with their wives about difficulties at work were unsatisfactory to them when the other person offered possible solutions or next steps rather than a sympathetic response. This is the exact scenario that women with jobs outside the home have expressed frustration with: partners who are willing to converse only when the beleaguered spouse will follow instructions on how to be successful at work. The popular response is usually that the female just won't take practical advice so the male stops allowing himself to be involved in conversations with his partner. In other words, again the bottom line seems to be why can't a woman be more like a man? This is even more pronounced when a woman who doesn't work away from the house tries to vent about her frustrations. There are serious reasons why women initiate the majority of dissolutions. Maybe this book would be a good wedding-type gift for both partners.

I see movies as probably the highest form of art our society produces. So many people with so many different talents working in concert to produce a movie; the writer, the director, actors, cinematographers, editors, and so on all having to do a good job. If just one of those disciplines does a bad job it can ruin the entire movie. When you think about Woody taking on so many of those burdens, writing, acting, directing and his movies come out so well. It is a testament to his talent even if he is overly modest about himself.

The Krauss Meister!

Always a good listen, thank you Sir!

I think they just tossed that chick the mic and said hey u gotta introduce him real quick lol

Excellent talk.

Perfect question for the one in need :)

Always enlightening Lawrence - Thank you - uranunsungheroandintellectect - cheers, g

I've always liked and admired Fry Recently I've lost a little respect for him by his peddling of a one-sided antisemetism narrative when talking about the Israeli Palestinian conflict. As a secular he well knows there is blame to be found on both sides on this conflict. Hamas are obviously extremists but It's not exactly a mystery Likud is the other. It's not a secret that there are racist. homophobic, theocratic elements in Netanyahu's government that want to eject minorities from Israel. Nor is it a secret Netanyahu violates international law with illegal settlements. Nor is it a hard to extrapolate that the wonton destruction of Gaza is geared to encouraging all Palestinians to leave Gaza rather than just targetting Hamas. Nor is It difficult to see some far right Christian nationalists in mostly the US have been supporting this extreme behavior for their own brand of biblical mythologies. At least on this issue, Fry's partial Jewish heritage seems to be pushing him to defend extreme Jewish nationalism rather than secularism and the human rights he purports to stand for in the UK. He rightfully criticizes Hamas. Alas he doesn't seem to have any interest for multicultural secular values he claims to stand for when it comes time to criticizing far right ethnic-nationalist Likud in Israel. And if anyone points this out this sort of unprincipled behavior... its narrated as "antisemetism". The antisemetism narrative isn't going to work in this instance because some Jews have decided to take on the role of persecutors of minonrities like others once did to them.

U could ride public transportation without being assaulted or killed? Wow how times have changed.

She taught and looked out for the student and was not indoctrinating him. What a difference this makes.

pub toutes les 3 minutes, c'est un peu lassant !

Simply great !

Regarding morality atheist want to try and explain it in an evolutionary way you can’t explain in an evolutionary way because evolution has nothing to do with morality it has to do with biology and. How does a mutating genetic code have any authority to tell you how you ought to behave. So moral laws are not chemical or biological they’re immaterial and come from personal agents there’s no law without a law giver also chemistry and biology are descriptive they’re not prescriptive evolution describes what does behave not what ought to behave, it doesn’t give ought’s it just gives you what does happen. According to evolutionary theory you have to import a moral law into the evolutionary system to get you to determine which way to go if anyway and since evolution is a process of change then morals must change rape may one day be considered good according to evolution. Evolution if it’s true might give you some of your moral sentiments it might help you know why something is right or wrong but it can’t establish or it might help you know that something’s right or wrong but it can’t establish why something is right or wrong - You can read a book and deny there’s an author but there would be no book to read unless there was an author. So atheists can read the moral law and say I know right from wrong, but there would be no standard known as good unless God existed you can know it as an atheist you just can’t justify it as an atheist.

A lot of comments here about how he’s crazy but I have yet to see a single explanation or reason why. This seems to me to be the most harmful effect of the internet. Everyone just assuring each other they are right by simply stating to each other that they are. No substance, no real discussion, no actual critical thinking about whether one’s political positions are wrong. Just calling a brilliant mind crazy because he’s stating something that doesn’t fit a certain political narrative.

Boy, Krauss really likes the sound of his pseudo philosophical voice. Let Woody speak!

Has Mr. Shellenberger ever eaten food? Does he know where food comes from? Nope, it is NOT the grocery store .....

I can't say any of the teachers I had did any more than collect their pay cheque.

Eye opening wonderful video. I've always felt women should have all the advantages that men enjoy, as long as they do what they're told.

Teachers… they provide our future!

Gotta love how he lights up during the convo. Dude was just a boss.

I want to hear you and Sabine talk about super determinism

Too bad they never taught him that the Earth is flat and immovable.... mic drop!!!!

This is certainly an interesting topic. I have to say I completely disagree with Mr. Sapolsky about free will. If we were to use Mr. Saplosky's reasoning, then it would follow that my choice of wearing a red shirt today would be a single and unbroken chain of causation leading back to the Big Bang. This is just not logical. We don't need to write a book to refute this. It is a very problematic claim on it's face. I am stunned that such an accomplished thinker supports and continues to promulgate this idea.

Imagine Spending all eternity in hell ! Because you actually accepted their lie🔥🥵🔥

2 of my most admired amazing people on earth... RESPECT❤❤❤

Prior to viewing the video, Doesn’t a compatiblist definition of free will remove the illusory nature of free will? And to me the compatiblist, definition is the only reasonable definition. I should not be free to not be myself. I should only be free to choose what I want to choose without coercion, beyond the implicit coercion which is a manifestation of who I am and what I want to do, my Physical nature. One is never free to not be themselves, nor is it reasonable to expect that one should be.

≈ 1 rough area of the disk of the Milky Way galaxy = ((c^9/(G^2 Newton))/(Universe mass/(s^3))/40) ≈ 7×10^35 km^2

Outstanding!

He's gorging himself at Golden Corral in Heaven

You don't have to have your genes changed to have bad luck.

The thing that impresses me the most about Chomsky (and there are many things on that list) is his lack of cynicism. He never seems to despair of people. Even when talking of these same dreary old establishment stances against student protests (and we’re seeing it again right now actually) happen again and again and people still fall for it, he doesn’t get cynical and blame people. Most of us can’t do that. By the time we’re 30 we’ve decided the average person is pond life and just give up on politics. It’s a tremendous quality in a person to never really ‘get old’ in this way.

Great convo. Contra Krauss, I would argue that it's still the case that the exact time at which a radioactive particle will decay is probabilistic and not determined, even though the Schroedinger equation is itself deterministic. Regardless, I agree that randomness does not give you free will.

Rich set of opinions. Good podcast.

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Great talk, which of course I mostly didn't understand at all : )

Wish all teachers were like that.

Thank God for Lawrence!

Most teachers would not care this much. Bravo

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Always too much Lawrence. Can't stop talking.

They wrecked a young mind and put it against God. He should've been taught about creationism which is truth.

Me me me and no interviewee. Won’t make that mistake again.

Commercials every 6 minutes. Ugh.

It was Ehrman who opened my eyes a long long time ago Thank u sir.