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Robert Sapolsky and our Illusion of Free Will
Talk Cocktail
English - November 27, 2023 18:34 - 24 minutes - 57 MB - ★★★ - 5 ratingsNews Commentary News business entrepreneurship fitness interview leadership health entrepreneur finance marketing books Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Robert M. Sapolsky, a Stanford neurobiologist and MacArthur “genius” fellow, challenges our deeply ingrained beliefs about free will. Building on his seminal 2017 work "Behave," which explored the dynamics of nature and nurture, Sapolsky's latest book, "Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will," suggests that science, medicine, and philosophy may actually support determinism over free will. As societal discourse increasingly embraces a culture of victimhood, he questions the quintessentially Californian belief in personal agency.
My California Sun conversation with Robert Sapolsky: