Neuroscience’s Case Against Free Will Is Falling Apart
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🌏 Boost your online protection with an all-in-one security app! Get an exclusive NordVPN offer here + 4 extra months ➼ https://nordvpn.com/sabine Risk-free thanks to NordVPN's 30-day money-back guarantee! In 1983 Benjamin Libet found that brain activity predicts your movements before you are aware of deciding to move. The result has been reproduced many times, and it has been used ever since to argue that free will is an illusion. Three new papers say the measurements were fine but the interpretation was not. Let's take a look. #freewill #neuroscience #consciousness #sciencenews 👕T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ 💌 Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg 👉 Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine 📝 Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ 📩 Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ 👂 Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spo
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