Think of someone that you dislike. Let’s call this person X. Now, imagine that you were born with X’s “genetic material.” That is, imagine that you had X’s looks, body odor, inherent tastes, ...

In his 2023 bestseller, Determined, neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky argued that the interaction of biology and environment leaves no room for free choice. Philosopher and neuroscientist Sam Harris puts ...

This article explores the concept of free will through both philosophical and neuroscientific lenses, examining whether our ...

A SIMPLE insect can help us understand free will, and the lack of it. When a female digger wasp is ready to lay her eggs, she hunts down a cricket or similar prey, paralyses it with a sting, drags it ...

Does something like "free will" really exist? We often take it for granted, but philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists have debated the issue for decades—if not centuries. In his recent Ph.D.

We know free will exists because we each experience it every day. Claiming that is merely an illusion is the true illusion.

Yamaoka Tesshu, a young student of Zen, visited one master after another. He called upon Dokuon of Shokoku. Desiring to show his attainment, he said: “The mind, Buddha, and sentient beings, after all, ...

Did you click on this article out of your own free will? Or was it predetermined by the cosmic evolution of particles, unfolding in an unbroken chain reaction set in motion by the big bang? Perhaps ...

His book explores the mysteries of our choices. A curious look at whether free will really exists as we know it. In the book, he invites readers to start their journey into deeper self-awareness.

Neuroscience suggests that your brain makes decisions before you are consciously aware of them, raising the uncomfortable possibility that free will is a story we tell after the fact. 'More of the ...