Time perception, the block universe, consciousness, relativity, free will, reality and perception all collide in this video. We live as if time moves. The past feels fixed, the present feels special, and the future feels open. But some interpretations of modern physics — especially those rooted in Einstein’s theory of […]
Penn Jillette’s Bullshit Detector Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- The most important thing is to feel about things you feel about – should feel about – and think about things you should think about. You should not feel […]
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Alan Watts’s impact on the world continues to reverberate. His teachings remind us about our potential connection to everything we love, hate, and don’t care about, as well as our foolishness in thinking we know enough to take anything, including his ideas, too seriously. Shop Pursuit of Wonder merch here: […]
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Is free will an illusion? Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Learn skills from the world’s top minds at Big Think Edge: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- This video was produced in partnership with John Templeton Foundation. The debate over whether or not humans have free will is centuries old and […]
Video transcripts, audio files, and more on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pursuitofwonder Pursuit of Wonder merch & book: https://www.pursuitofwonder.com/store After stumbling across a YouTube video, a young man suddenly finds himself thinking and seeing differently. In a chain of events, this thought then leads to a sequence of new thoughts and discoveries, which […]
on this episode I explain why free will is an illusion and the idea of it clashes with the laws of nature. what does that mean in terms of the choices we make and how does it affect the justice system? watch to find out! if you want. it’s your […]
We usually think that it is free will that gives meaning to life, but what if exactly the opposite is true, that the fact that we don’t have free will makes life meaningful? A couple of weeks ago Bernardo Kastrup, the executive director of the Essentia Foundation, wrote an essay […]
