Neuroscience and Free Will

In this clip, Marcus Du Sautoy (Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and current Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science) participates in an experiment conducted by John-Dylan Haynes (Professor at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin) that attempts to find the neurological basis for decision making.

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[Nappateemu]

I hate how this video is trying to overly dramatize everything

[MCSingh13]

But your brain made the decision to press no buttons 6 seconds earlier.

[Shady Fatnassy]

easy! and my brain made this decision in less than 6 seconds earlier

[Xiouslaidyn]

lol. this is subjective analysis. On the neuroscientists part.

[Adolf Poole]

That doesn't prove anything. Before he made a decision he was thinking of which button he was going to press.

[Eoin Molloy]

Meaning what?

[domas02]

It's BBC man, they always add music to make you feel stronger emotions while watching. It's like trying to addict people to watch more documentary, not jerky shoe and other stupid bullshit. But is it bad or is it ok? I can't decide yet..

[AlfChannel100]

Theist guy at the end should just admit that he scored badly and move on

[Mike Shaw]

Cannot believe how short sighted this...

[Robert Thorpe]

Yes but what is it that 'volunteers' this choice? What are 'you'? You seem to think that 'you' are your thoughts. But your thoughts are just one tiny product of all that is 'you'. You seem to believe you have a pilot in your head. What is this pilot that controls the Being known as you? Go deeper and you will see.

[Kiril Trifonov]

Everything IS overly-dramatic I'm afraid. It takes some time to accommodate the knowledge that you don't have free will. It isn't an easy task..