Can Free Will be Saved in a Deterministic Universe?

November 11, 2020
14 min
Season 2020 - Episode 37: Can Free Will be Saved in a Deterministic Universe?

Season 2020 - Episode 37: Can Free Will be Saved in a Deterministic Universe?

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Overview

Physicists have a long history of sticking our noses where they don’t belong - and one of our favorite places to step beyond our expertise is the question of consciousness and free will. Sometimes our musings are insightful, sometimes incoherent, and usually at least somewhat naive. Which a fair description of this show, so of course Space Time needs to weigh in physics and free will..

Episode Information

TV Show

PBS Space Time

Season

Season 2020

Episode Number

37

Air Date

November 11, 2020

Runtime

14 minutes