Neil deGrasse Tyson vs Charles Liu on Free Will: Why Both Are Wrong
Dr. Tim Stratton and Josh Klein are back and have Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson and Dr. Charles Liu on the docket. Recently the two colleagues had a friendly discussion concerning the existence of Free Will on the @StarTalk podcast. Tyson doubts the existence of Free Will but Liu tentatively embraces it. However, they BOTH get some important metaphysics wrong. Dr. Tim and Josh take a look and offer their own perspective on the episode.
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➡️ CHAPTERS ⬅️
00:00 Introduction
01:45 Defining Metaphysics
04:50 Defining Free Will
07:11 Stochastic Uncertainty, Chaos and Free Will
13:11 Influences Do Not Equal Causes
16:25 Do I Have the Freedom to Reach True Conclusions about Reality?
22:31 The Ability to Prepare Implies Free Will
32:45 Knowledge Cannot Cause Actions Nor Activate Free Will
39:04 Neil's Position on Free Will is Nonsensical
52:28 Charles' Position Has No Grounding
57:43 Why The Texas Shooter Example Actually Undermines Determinism
1:06:03 The Perimeter Of Ignorance Undermined
1:13:57 Concluding Thoughts
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