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A Stanford professor says science shows free will doesn’t exist. Here’s why he’s mistaken

  • Written by: Adam Piovarchy, Research Associate, Institute for Ethics and Society, University of Notre Dame Australia

It seems like we have free will. Most of the time, we are the ones who choose what we eat, how we tie our shoelaces and what articles we read on The Conversation.

However, the latest book by Stanford neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, has been receiving alotofmediaattention for arguing science shows...

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