I recommend this great book that explains in understandable language how free will, consciousness, and self do not exist independently of the brain.

How do you cause people to believe in an imagined order such as Christianity, democracy, [gender determinism], or capitalism?

First, you never admit that the order is imagined [probably not even to yourself].

You always insist that the order sustaining society is an objective reality created by the great gods or by the laws of nature.

Yuval Harari, Sapiens

*Words in brackets are my own.

Hardware Built For Executing Python (Not Pythons) - Lots of microcontrollers will accept Python these days, with CircuitPython and Mic... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/06/hardware-built-for-executing-python-not-pythons/ #softwaredevelopment #determinism #programming #hardware #python #speed #pyxl

 
Understanding #Quantum #Mechanics #3: #NonLocality

❛❛ #Quantum #Mechanics, it seems, then forces you to give up on #determinism & #locality. It is fundamentally unpredictable & #nonlocal. ❜❜ 5:00/7-min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL9wWeEmQvo 2020 May 29
https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_nonlocality
h/t @teledyn for thoughts on non-locality.

There a lot of people here who knows more about #physics than myself, so I wonder what you guys think about this video. It is fascinating, but it still feels wrong.
https://youtu.be/EjZB81jCGj4?si=UQ6v2RD3M8DbBAXB #determinism
OBS: Turn on CC if you don't speak Portuguese, there are available English subtitles.

#HughMcCann - Is the #Future Open?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7keYVjdyhMc

#MichaelAlmeida - Is This the Best of All #PossibleWorlds?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXDrHcGd_Jc

Here's the first episode of the Sadler's Lectures podcast series on Jorge Luis Borges' philosophical fiction. This one is on my favorite story of his, The Lottery In Babylon!

https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/jorge-luis-borges-the-lottery-in-babylon
#Podcast #Borges #Lottery #Philosophy #Chance #Fate #Determinism #Literature

#DeanZimmerman - Does #God Know the #Future?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ktK47rZb04

#GalenStrawson - The #Nature of #Reality: #Metaphysics vs. #Materialism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuGH_cPwKYE

#NedBlock - Can #Neuroscience Fully Explain #Consciousness?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJqc7XmIIjs

#ThaliaWheatley - #FreeWill and #Morality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIllXJGjzzg

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfFreeWill #Intention #Intentionality #Will ##Determinism #Compatibilism #Psychology #Neuroscience #Behavior #Behaviour #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#PeterVanInwagen - What is #FreeWill?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhFhV03k2Uo

#JeffTollaksen - What Does #QuantumTheory Mean?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYUcMrH5RKY