I'll bear as lightly as I can what fate decreed for me. I know full well no power can stand against Necessity. — Prometheus Bound Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is ...

Jessica Riskin wrote this interesting review slamming a book by biologist Robert Sapolsky. The book in question argues that people and animals have no free will, and Riskin does not find Sapolsky’s ...

First, you can dismiss the challenge, claiming that it is outlandish on the face of it. The experience of free will is so embedded in consciousness that it would be foolish to attempt a demonstration.