Robert Sapolsky on Free Will and Determinism

<p>Meet Jared Diamond and Michael Shermer: https://skeptic.com/event</p> <p>Robert Sapolsky is the author of <em>A Primate’s Memoir</em>, <em>The Trouble with Testosterone</em>, and <em>Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers</em>. His most recent book, <em>Behave</em>, was a <em>New York Times</em> bestseller and named a best book of the year by the <em>Washington Post</em> and the <em>Wall Street Journal</em>. He is a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant.” His new book is D<em>etermined: A Science of Life Without Free Will</em>.</p> <p>Shermer and Sapolsky discuss: free will, determinism, compatibilism, libertarian free will • Christian List’s 3 related capacities for free will • how what people believe about free will and determinism influences their behaviors • the three horsemen of determinism: (1) reductionism (2) predetermination; (3) epiphenomenalism • dualism • punishment • retributive vs. restorative justice •Is the self an illusion? • game theory evolution of punishment • luck • and meaning (or lack thereof).</p>