The Physics Behind Free Will
January 30, 2026
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as posted by the channelIn this discussion, Neil deGrasse Tyson, joined by co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly, explores whether free will can be understood as an emergent property of consciousness, similar to how fluid dynamics describes gases without tracking individual particles. Using analogies from physics, neuroscience, and science fiction, they debate whether human choices can be predicted by macroscopic “laws of the mind,” and what that would mean for responsibility, morality, and social systems if behavior is largely determined by underlying conditions.
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