Back in 2011, when I wrote The Three Illusions, my book about science and philosophy and living a life of peace and serenity, I didn’t have a scientist I could chat to about the scientific aspects. These days, I have ChatGPT. So I sat down with ChatGPT, or “Newton” as she asked me to call her, to talk about why free will doesn’t exist and what it means for how we live our lives.
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Today we continue our free will discussion, but start with the question: how does the election of Trump fit into free will? Then we talk a little about recent neuroscience studies into free will and finish with a discussion about free will, morality and justice.
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On our new podcast series, Ray and I will be making our way through my 2011 book “The Three Illusions” – a guide to using a basic understanding of science and some common sense to rid yourself of anger, guilt, anxiety, fear and emotional pain. In this episode, we begin a journey to investigate whether or not we have ‘free will’ and why that is critically important to our emotional state.
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Hawkeye Pierce gets it. In this interview with Robert Sapolsky from Stanford, they talk about the illusion of free will.
This interview is pretty good too.
If you haven’t seen the American sitcom “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia”, then you are missing out. It’s one of my favourite comedies of all time. Seriously funny and wrong. Of course YMMV.
This morning over coffee, Chrissy and I were watching this collection of bloopers from the show, and it struck me that if actors had control over their thoughts and actions (i.e “free will”), they wouldn’t crack up while shooting funny scenes. AND YET THEY DO. ALL THE TIME.