Human knowledge has progressed exponentially since the dawn of modern science. It is no longer reasonable to accept claims without sufficient objective evidence. The harm from religion, alternatives to medicine, conservatism, and all other false beliefs will be exposed on this blog by reporting the findings of science. This blog will also reinforce what should be the basics of education: History, Civics, Financial Literacy, Media Literacy, and Critical/Science Based Thinking.
Showing posts with label Free Will. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Free Will. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Monday, May 2, 2016
Free Will Continues To Be Falsified
More evidence for the probability that our sense of Free Will is an illusion.
Research adds to evidence suggesting 'even our most seemingly ironclad beliefs about our own agency and conscious experience can be dead wrong'
Research adds to evidence suggesting 'even our most seemingly ironclad beliefs about our own agency and conscious experience can be dead wrong'
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Neuroscience, Determinism And The Law
'I think we live in a very retributive society. I think it would be
perhaps good if we became a little calmer about criminal offending and
really started to think about the causes of criminal offending that are
outside the criminal's control.'
Can neurolaw change the criminal justice system?
Can neurolaw change the criminal justice system?
Monday, January 25, 2016
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Free Will
Free Will: do humans have it or is it just an illusion? This link is a nice summary of present scientific thoughts on the subject:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psych-unseen/201411/the-neuroscience-free-will-and-the-illusion-you
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psych-unseen/201411/the-neuroscience-free-will-and-the-illusion-you
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Science And Reason: The Real Force Behind Morality
"To what should we attribute this moral progress? Understandably, most
people point to religion as the primary driver, given its long
association with all matters moral. But the evidence shows that most of
the moral development of the last several centuries has been the result
of secular forces, and that the most important of these are reason and
science, which emerged from the Enlightenment."
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-shermer-bending-moral-arc-20150127-story.html
A look at the biology of good and evil. After listening to this podcast, do you still accept that humans have "free will" regarding morality?
https://www.samharris.org/podcast/item/the-biology-of-good-and-evil
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-shermer-bending-moral-arc-20150127-story.html
A look at the biology of good and evil. After listening to this podcast, do you still accept that humans have "free will" regarding morality?
https://www.samharris.org/podcast/item/the-biology-of-good-and-evil
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