Human behavior is the product of deterministic processes, rendering the concept of free will a false or useless construct.
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Robert Sapolsky argues that human beings have no free will at all.
“we do not change we are changed by circumstance and we respond to that circumstance as a function of the person we SC got sculpted into being like so we have so we have free will but it's limited no it's none at all”
The Rest Is Politics · Feb 2024 · 4 episodes · 5.8M views on this topicFree will is an illusion because all human intentions, thoughts, and actions are simply happenings within consciousness.
“everything is just happening including your thoughts and intentions and moves so life is a is a process of continuous Discovery you're part of the universe”
Lex Fridman Podcast · Mar 2023 · 3 episodes · 4.0M views on this topicThe physicist's perspective of cause and effect suggests that every action is a result of a preceding sequence that ultimately removes personal agency.
“if every action has a a preceding action to it you just take that all the way back till it's no longer in your Consciousness right and then something set those series of synaptic trips in sequence and then you end up saying something or doing something”
StarTalk · Mar 2024 · 4 episodes · 4.5M views on this topicIndividuals possess the capacity to make genuine choices and exercise control over their actions and future outcomes.
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Humans possess free will to choose how they react to their circumstances and whether they fulfill their life plans or work on their karma.
“So we come into body with uh to one degree or another a life plan and but what we do with that life plan we can alter based on human conscious choice because we have free will.”
Next Level Soul Podcast · Sep 2025 · 1 episode · 419K views on this topicThe speaker argues that individual agency exists and is not restricted by supernatural interference.
“do you think we have free will we obviously have free will yeah I agree no there isn't a supernatural force that tells me to do something or not to do something or stops me from doing something I shouldn't do”
Mile Higher · Apr 2023 · 1 episode · 155K views on this topicHuman beings possess free will and the capacity to change their life paths or outcomes even when they have made prior soul agreements.
“There is never anything set in stone. Although you have made agreements or you have created a plan for yourself, it is not set in stone. This is something that in your human existence you have the possibility to change or switch paths.”
Next Level Soul Podcast · Jan 2026 · 1 episode · 97K views on this topicDebates over metaphysical free will are less important than the practical social or personal utility of acting as though it exists.
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Bob asserts that regardless of whether the universe is deterministic, individuals retain moral responsibility for their actions.
“what you actually do in the world to other humans other living things what you actually do or do not do is definitely still dictated by your free will thus you are morally responsible for your your actions”
Distractible Podcast · Dec 2024 · 1 episode · 81K views on this topicWade claims that he possesses free will because believing in it helps him move forward in his life.
“I'm a believer of that we have free will and I'll probably as we continue to talk about it I'll probably push that a bit further but it's it's also just because I kind of ascribe to that belief just because it helps me”
Distractible Podcast · Dec 2024 · 1 episode · 81K views on this topicIt is necessary to act as if free will exists for the sake of social stability and legal responsibility.
“Free Will is in a very delicate position because if you just banish it you create a vacuum a social vacuum which is really scary you got all these people out there saying science shows we don't have free will and therefore nobody is ever responsible”
Mindscape Podcast · Dec 2012 · 1 episode · 10K views on this topicThe term free will is conceptually flawed or unhelpful and should be replaced by more precise language about human action.
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The term free will is unhelpful and should be avoided in discussions.
“I think I'm I'm now convinced that we really need to stay away from that term”
Mindscape Podcast · Dec 2012 · 1 episode · 10K views on this topicThe term free will should be discarded due to its contested meanings in favor of talking about voluntary and involuntary actions.
“I do think that that switching up the conversation saying that has too many connotations there's these contested meanings we'll go back to what Aristotle said let's talk about voluntary and involuntary”
Mindscape Podcast · Dec 2012 · 1 episode · 10K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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