Robert Sapolsky is Wrong
A new book about free will fails to offer an original argument or make a convincing case.
Stuart Doyle
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A new book about free will fails to offer an original argument or make a convincing case.
The unambiguous conclusion seems to be that people are better off believing in either libertarian free will (which grants us complete agency) or the intuitive compatibilism (which grants us compromised agency) that they tend to favour.
It makes no more sense to believe in a numinous “will” that subverts the laws of physics than to accept a god for which there’s no evidence. Any reforms of society should begin by accepting the unalterable truths of nature.