Physicist and philosopher Jenann Ismael argues that free will is a physical reality grounded in thermodynamics and relativity. She explains why no system, not even a perfect computer, can predict its own future, and how this unpredictability underpins genuine agency.

- 00:00 - Introduction
- 01:42 - Free Will
- 29:16 - The Limits of Predictability
- 41:45 - Defining Free Will
- 59:42 - Life and Cognition in the Universe
- 1:05:30 - The Choices We Make
- 1:08:01 - Dark Nights of the Soul
- 1:09:35 - Philosophical Responses to Free Will
- 1:11:03 - Personal Reflections on Life
- 1:11:54 - The Weight of Loss
- 1:13:40 - Patterns of Persistence
- 1:17:17 - Understanding the Self
- 1:18:41 - The Continuity of Existence
- 1:20:17 - The Nature of Mortality
- 1:22:27 - Time and Its Mysteries
- 1:51:42 - The Nature of Existence
- 2:04:23 - The Paradox of Newcomb's Dilemma
- 2:08:38 - Lessons Learned from Suffering

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- How Physics Makes Us Free [Book]: https://amzn.to/44CcHr8
- Why Physics Should Care About The Mind [Paper]: https://www.jenanni.com/wp-content/uploads/Why-physics-should-care-about-the-mind-and-how-to-think-about-it-without-worrying-about-the-mind-body-problem.pdf
- Diana Pasulka [TOE]: https://youtu.be/E5MuTHUbMUs
- Leonard Susskind [TOE]: https://youtu.be/2p_Hlm6aCok
- Sean Carroll [TOE]: https://youtu.be/9AoRxtYZrZo
- Matt Segall [TOE]: https://youtu.be/DeTm4fSXpbM
- Tim Maudlin [TOE]: https://youtu.be/fU1bs5o3nss
- David Lewis’s Metaphysics: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/lewis-metaphysics/#Bib
- Robert Sapolsky [TOE]: https://youtu.be/z0IqA1hYKY8
- David Lewis’s Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B000APAW62
- Stephen Wolfram [TOE]: https://youtu.be/0YRlQQw0d-4
- Roy Baumeister [TOE]: https://youtu.be/aXoK-C2c2AQ
- Free Will Ontoprism [TOE]: https://youtu.be/SSbUCEleJhg
- Michael Levin [TOE]: https://youtu.be/c8iFtaltX-s
- Dark Night Of The Soul: https://basilica.ca/documents/2016/10/St.%20John%20of%20the%20Cross-Dark%20night%20of%20the%20soul.pdf
- George Musser [TOE]: https://youtu.be/KVy3NeXpMaI
- Tim Maudlin & Tim Palmer [TOE]: https://youtu.be/883R3JlZHXE

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