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November 10, 2019

E003 - Fate is wholly inexorable?

30 minutes

Our third episode!

We look at fate, determinism and free will – with a dash of psychology, biology, physics and even some Anglo-Saxon literature!

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Interesting and semi-related sources:

The wanderer: an old English poem: https://www.norsemyth.org/2016/02/the-wanderer-old-english-poem.html?m=1

A Famous Argument Against Free Will Has Been Debunked: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/09/free-will-bereitschaftspotential/597736/

Laplace’s Demon: https://www.informationphilosopher.com/freedom/laplaces_demon.html

TED talk on desire lines (Goat Tracks) and design: https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_hulme_what_walkways_teach_us_about_design

Twin studies: https://www.livescience.com/47288-twin-study-importance-of-genetics.html

Source of Simon’s quote: https://vimeo.com/203940826 (nice Avatar reference...)

Great Philosophical Debates: Free Will and Determinism: https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/great-philosophical-debates-free-will-and-determinism.html

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