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Scientist, after decades of study, concludes: We don't have free will (phys.org)

submitted 11 months ago by Powderhorn to c/science

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[–] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 11 months ago

That all changed on a single night in his early teens, he says. While grappling with questions of faith and identity, he was struck by an epiphany that kept him awake until dawn and reshaped his future: God is not real, there is no free will, and we primates are pretty much on our own.

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