Free Will, Science, and Religion

Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, and Jamie Soden talk about some of their past regrets and how this helped them understand why they wish they could have done otherwise but that they could not have done any different unless their knowledge had been greater than it was at that time..

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Chandler Klebs, Derek Smeltzer, and George Ortega talk about why free will is impossible because it is ruled out by causality but also explain why acausality would be equally incompatible with us choosing what happens....

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Chandler Klebs, Derek Smeltzer, and George Ortega talk about the belief in free will and the contradiction between believing we have a free will while believing in an omnipotent or omniscient god. If god created us, then god caused us to do whatever we did....

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David Joseph, Jamie Soden , George Ortega, and Trick Slattery talk about parallel universes or many worlds. Whatever these things are, they do not prove free will. Are you in the universe where you choose pepsi or the universe where you choose coke? In any case, you didn't choose which universe you ....

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David Joseph, Jamie Soden , George Ortega, and Trick Slattery continue their previous talk about anger and frustration. Our frustration in communicating with other people is very similar to frustration we experience in losing in a video game....

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David Joseph, Jamie Soden , George Ortega, and Trick Slattery talk about how we deal with our emotions when people do things that cause pain. Even with the no free will understanding we may still feel upset when people do things that we believe are wrong or immoral....

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Co-hosts Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Jamie Soden, and Will talk about the different ideas people have about an afterlife and how many of them are directly connected to the free will belief. Religions often teach that you get what you deserve in the afterlife based on your free choices....

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In this episode, Chandler Klebs, Jamie Soden, Will, and George Ortega talk about the difference between determinism and fatalism. The main difference between the two is causality. Determinism means that our choices are caused by prior events....

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George Ortega, Trick Slattery, and Jamie Soden talk about the criminal justice system and how the free will belief leads us to blame people for crimes and cause them to suffer in unnecessary ways. We need to move away from revenge and switch to methods that deter and correct criminals away from doin....

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What has the universe compelled you do feel today? Nick Vale, George Ortega, and Jamie Soden talk about the importance of knowing we don't have free will. This is a big change in our consciousness that we will benefit from but perhaps not everyone is ready for it....

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