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Here's why you don’t have free will, according to a top neuroscientist

By Tom Howarth,

2024-08-08

By Tom Howarth,

2024-08-08

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Dina Andrews

08-11

There’s only one thing that impedes on a persons free will, government. Have a nice day.

Pogue Mahone

08-11

When faced with a choice between the ice cream you love and the one you hate, which do you choose? The question is how free were you to pick the one you hate if you never pick it? Yes, there was technically a choice, but scientists and philosophers look beyond that to see if our subconscious actually prevents us from making some decisions, thereby minimizing total freedom to choose.

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