The great free will debate | Bill Nye, Michio Kaku, Robert Sapolsky, Steven Pinker & more

The great free will debate Watch the newest video from Big Think: Learn skills from the world’s top minds at Big Think Edge: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “What does it mean to have—or not have—free will? Were the actions of mass murderers pre-determined billions of years ago? Do brain processes trump personal responsibility? Can experiments prove that free will is an illusion? Bill Nye, Steven Pinker, Daniel Dennett, Michio Kaku, Robert Sapolsky, and others approach the topic from their unique fields and illustrate how complex and layered the free will debate is. From Newtonian determinism, to brain chemistry, to a Dennett thought experiment, explore the arguments that make up the free will landscape. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSCRIPT: