What did you have for breakfast this morning? Was that your choice? Or did the atoms of the universe over the past 13.7B years collide and interact in a predictable chain reaction that led to you having the life experiences and opportunities which in turn led to you inevitably picking that particular breakfast today? Is free will a myth? In this episode, we weigh up the arguments of free will and pre-determinism. If we don’t have free will, can we take credit for anything we do right? Or suffer the responsibility of anything we do wrong? Prepare for a thumping headache as we meander through philosophy and metaphysics during this episode.

Jimmy's Mindfulness Course - "Personal Transformation Course": https://www.inner-happy.com/6-week-personal-transformation


Suggested Book:

• Free Will, by Sam Harris: https://amzn.to/2DOHmcx
• Elbow Room, by Daniel Dennett: https://amzn.to/3iMXhqm
• Daring Greatly, by Brene Brown: https://amzn.to/3h0Wdio
• The Fear of Freedom, by Erich Fromm: https://amzn.to/310uRDc
• Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman: https://amzn.to/30ZlGTC

Suggested Links:

Freewill:https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/philosophers-and-neuroscientists-join-forces-see-whether-science-can-solve-mystery-free

Freewill: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00326/full

Freewill: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/basics/free-will

Does Freewill Exist: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/09/free-will-bereitschaftspotential/597736/

Freewill vs Determination: https://www.simplypsychology.org/freewill-determinism.html

Decision Making: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUPmJmFmbhE

Stoicism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism

The illusion of Free Will 2015 by Terry Hyland – Emeritus Professor, University of Bolton, UK and Research Director, Turning Point Training Institute, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland http://www.turningpoint.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/The-Illusion-of-Free-Will.pdf

Brain Tumor that "caused paedophilic urges": http://shorturl.at/hnxV2

Crash Course Philosophy #25: Compatibilism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KETTtiprINU

Crash Course Philosophy #24: Determinism v Free Will https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCGtkDzELAI

Gym Mommas Quote of the Week:
"The Time will pass anyway. You can either spend it creating the life you want, or the life you don't want; And the choice is yours"
- Anon

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