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Date
July 5, 2022

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Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
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, Casey Luskin, debate, determinism, evolution, evolutionary biologists, free choice, free will, ID the Future, Jerry Coyne, podcast}

Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor: Humans Have Free Will

_{Science & Culture
July 5, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Dr. Egnor explains why the argument against free will is self-refuting and why he’s concluded that determinism as a theory in physics is dead. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
January 5, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
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, beliefs, determinism, free will, John Bell, laws of nature, materialists, nature, physicists, quantum mechanics, Sabine Hossenfelder, universe}

Does Superdeterminism Resolve Dilemmas Around Free Will?

_{Michael Egnor
January 5, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences

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The conventional view of nature held by materialists is that all acts are wholly determined by the laws of nature. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 3, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
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, Benjamin Libet, determinism, free will, illusion, Jerry Coyne, materialism, matter, mind, neuroscience, propositions, quantum mechanics, researchers, The Guardian}

Trying to Disprove Free Will Shows that Materialism Doesn’t Work

_{Michael Egnor
May 3, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

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The fact that nature is not predetermined in detail has been shown quite convincingly by the experimental confirmation of Bell’s theorem in quantum mechanics. Read More ›

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Date
December 7, 2020

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Physical Sciences
Physics
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, biophysicists, Cornelius Hunter, David Hume, determinism, free will, ID the Future, initial conditions, Ludwig van Beethoven, Mike Keas, natural law, podcast, Sabine Hossenfelder, Science, universe, William Shakespeare}

Determinism: A “Bizarre Position” Held by Scientists “with Great Confidence”

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December 7, 2020

Physical Sciences, Physics

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If it’s true, then all one says or thinks — right or wrong, true or false — was determined some 13.8 billion years ago. Read More ›

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Date
December 1, 2020

Categories
Evolution
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, Aristotle, computational biology, Cornelius Hunter, determinism, evidence, free choice, future, ID the Future, illusion, laws of nature, Michael Keas, physicists, Pierre-Simon Laplace, podcast, Sabine Hossenfelder, theoretical physics}

Determinism: “An Irrational Rejection of Evidence”

_{Science & Culture
December 1, 2020

Evolution

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German theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder takes even human choices to be merely an illusory experience. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 22, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
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, atheism, biophysicists, Cornelius Hunter, determinism, free will, Jerry Coyne, Sabine Hossenfelder, scientism}

Science as Oracle — “Where It Gets Weird”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 22, 2020

Physical Sciences

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The ancients had their oracles, people claiming to speak in the name of the gods — this, by divination. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
October 22, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Big Bang, brains, David Hume, determinism, evolution, free will, humans, illusion, knowledge, laws of nature, miracles, particles, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Sabine Hossenfelder, St. Paul, theoretical physics, truth}

Determinism: Smart People and an Absurd Claim

_{Cornelius Hunter
October 22, 2020

Physical Sciences

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Why should Sabine Hossenfelder think for a moment that anything that occurs to her has any correspondence to truth? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 21, 2020

Categories
Fine-tuning
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, abstract thought, brain states, Brian Miller, determinism, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, free will, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Journal of Theoretical Biology, materialism, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, Sabine Hossenfelder, Stephen Meyer, thought, Wilder Penfield, will}

Fine-Tuning, Free Will — Now We’ve Got Two Challenges for Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder

_{David Klinghoffer
October 21, 2020

Fine-tuning, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

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She acknowledges that she is speaking from outside one relevant field. Can you really use physics to deny free will while ignoring neuroscience? Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 19, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, __k-review, addiction, determinism, health, intelligent design, intention, learning, Mount Rainier, music, musicians, randomness, running, specified complexity, William A. Dembski}

Specified Complexity Is All Around Us

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 19, 2019

Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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A key idea in the theory of ID is specification, or matching a pattern. Specified, complex information is a hallmark of intelligent activity. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 23, 2018

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, astrophysics, Big Bang, Brian Greene, determinism, free will, John Bell, machines, materialism, nature, particles, quantum mechanics, quantum theory, Singularity, UC Berkeley, Werner Heisenberg}

Is Free Will an Illusion?

_{Michael Egnor
July 23, 2018

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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if we are wholly matter, and matter is wholly governed by physical law, there is no room for free will. Read More ›