About This Episode
He raises a classic philosophical question: do humans truly have free will, or are our actions determined by physical processes at deeper levels of reality? Another perspective suggests that even if free will can’t be proven, acting as though it exists has practical value in how we live and make decisions. The conversation closes with the idea that free will matters because we experience ourselves as choosing. Watch full episode here: https://youtu.be/c91GnuBmg0w #austinandmattpodcast #austinandmatt #podcastclips #podcast#FreeWill #Philosophy #Determinism #HumanChoice #Consciousness #Discussion
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Is there such thing as free will? Does man have any ability to decide or is it all materialistic functions running at a quantum level and it it's all just going to happen how it's going to happen? >> Well, this is where I sympathize with compatibilist in a sense where I want to say the utility of free will is useful. I don't know if have it. So, it's like God uh in a sense if it is >> believe we have free will even if you think we might not. >> We function as though we do. We we act as though we do. We we make decisions in our minds that make us feel and think that we