The notion of free will is something we’re all born with, it’s not taught to us. We grow up with the idea that we are in conscious control of all our actions and thoughts. How could we not? It feels like we make all our own decisions, we chose to eat that pie, or go on that run due to eating said pie. Seeing past that veil is something that many people have done, from scientists, to philosophers, even the average citizen. Scientists have performed numerous studies, which provide pretty solid evidence of free will being nonexistent. There’s also other simple ways of seeing how little control you truly have over your future and what you do, simple at-home experiments. Free WIll (2012) by Sam Harris, is a book about, you guessed it, free will. It’s a fantastic introduction to the no free will argument, and is quite convincing. It’s only 96
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This article talks about a “new” discovery on how people truly don’t have free will. Some researchers had people “look at five white circles in random locations on a computer screen. They were told one of them was going to turn red, and were asked to quickly choose which one they thought it would be. If they didn't have enough time to make up their mind, they could indicate that, otherwise they simply answered "yes" or "no": "yes" if they had chosen the right circle, or "no" if they hadn't.”(Macdonald) This is similar to an experiment done a couple decades back, where scientists would track someone’s motor cortex and would tell them to move their hand whenever. They were able to track that the motor cortex actually processed this action before the person was conscious of it/performing it. What a crazy experiment, machines could dictate what you were going to do before you even could. It’s difficult to argue for free will when there’s devices like these. Truly makes it seems like we’re all just puppets being pulled on
This article talks about a “new” discovery on how people truly don’t have free will. Some researchers had people “look at five white circles in random locations on a computer screen. They were told one of them was going to turn red, and were asked to quickly choose which one they thought it would be. If they didn't have enough time to make up their mind, they could indicate that, otherwise they simply answered "yes" or "no": "yes" if they had chosen the right circle, or "no" if they hadn't.”(Macdonald) This is similar to an experiment done a couple decades back, where scientists would track someone’s motor cortex and would tell them to move their hand whenever. They were able to track that the motor cortex actually processed this action before the person was conscious of it/performing it. What a crazy experiment, machines could dictate what you were going to do before you even could. It’s difficult to argue for free will when there’s devices like these. Truly makes it seems like we’re all just puppets being pulled on