Articles: The War on Reason
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Video: Daniel Dennett – Free Will, Determinism and Evolution
March 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Beautiful lecture by the scientific philosopher Daniel Dennett, simplifying the magical myth we associate with free will. One of his slides include three key elements to his speech.
- Evolutionary theory, not physics, is the key to understanding the phenomenon of freedom.
- It explains how we can be free, when our parts aren’t free.
- It explains why people get so anxious. Freedom does evolve, and it could go extinct, if we aren’t careful.
I think free thought is how freedom evolves. Enjoy!
Video: Sam Harris on “Free Will”
March 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
“The illusion of free will is as certain as a fact as the truth of evolution, in my mind” Sam Harris discuss the sensitive subject of free will. This is a visual explanatory of his book
THE GENERALIST 