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      • In Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will, neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky argues that we have no free will and that such choices are thus actually determined by factors beyond our control. Our genetic and epigenetic makeup, together with environmental and cultural factors, make us who we are and determine how we behave, Sapolsky claims.
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  1. Oct 17, 2023 · One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating case against free will, an argument with profound consequences.

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  3. Oct 27, 2023 · Stanford neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky believes humans have no free will. By studying baboons in Africa and human behavior for decades, he’s concluded neurochemical influences...

  4. Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will is a 2023 nonfiction book by American neuroendocrinology researcher Robert Sapolsky concerning the neurological evidence for or against free will.

  5. Oct 18, 2023 · In this episode of CultureLab, Sapolsky outlines his case against free will and what a society without free will should look like.

  6. Oct 17, 2023 · If it’s impossible for any single neuron or any single brain to act without influence from factors beyond its control, Sapolsky argues, there can be no logical room for free will.

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  7. Oct 16, 2023 · In his latest book, “Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will,” Dr. Sapolsky confronts and refutes the biological and philosophical arguments for free will.

  8. Nov 6, 2023 · Early in his book “Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will” (Penguin Press), Sapolsky lists, with the morbid relish of a man daring to think the unthinkable, the implications...

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