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Robinson Erhardt
193 - Robert Sapolsky: Determinism, Free Will, & The End of Moral Responsibility
1 hour 53 minutes Posted Feb 7, 2024 at 5:00 pm.
In This Episode…
Introduction
Turtles and the Illusion of Free Will
The Neuroscience of Denial
What Is Free Will and Why Don’t We Have It?
What Is Physical Determinism?
Chaos Theory, Complexity, and Free Will
Quantum Bullshit
Quantum Mechanics and Free Will
Does Consciousness Give Us Free Will?
Fear, Disgust, and Free Will
What Primatology Tells Us About Free Will
The Limbic System and Free Will
Does Testosterone Undermine Free Will?
How Does the Womb Determine Who We Are?
How Is Free Will Connected to Weight Loss?
How Does Skepticism About Free Will Impact Behavior?
If There Is No Free Will, What Should We Do With Prisons?
What Is Funishment?
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Robert Sapolsky is John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor and Professor of Biology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery at Stanford University. He’s also a best-selling author and one of the leading voices in the current—and enduring—debate over free will. In this conversation, Robinson and Robert discuss his latest book, Determined (Penguin, 2023), and the many arguments it contains against free will, and how, if we don’t have it, we ought to change many of our social institutions, like the carceral system, that operate on the assumption that people are free, morally responsible agents. 
Determined: https://a.co/d/g7n5fPj
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Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.