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Neil deGrasse Tyson vs Charles Liu on Free Will: Why Both Are Wrong
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 01:14:59
Publish Date: 2026-04-28 11:30:00
Description:

Dr. Tim Stratton and Josh Klein are back and have Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson and Dr. Charles Liu on the docket. Recently the two colleagues had a friendly discussion concerning the existence of Free Will on the @StarTalk podcast. Tyson doubts the existence of Free Will but Liu tentatively embraces it. However, they BOTH get some important metaphysics wrong. Dr. Tim and Josh take a look and offer their own perspective on the episode.

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➡️ CHAPTERS ⬅️

00:00 Introduction

01:45 Defining Metaphysics

04:50 Defining Free Will

07:11 Stochastic Uncertainty, Chaos and Free Will

13:11 Influences Do Not Equal Causes

16:25 Do I Have the Freedom to Reach True Conclusions about Reality?

22:31 The Ability to Prepare Implies Free Will

32:45 Knowledge Cannot Cause Actions Nor Activate Free Will

39:04 Neil's Position on Free Will is Nonsensical

52:28 Charles' Position Has No Grounding

57:43 Why The Texas Shooter Example Actually Undermines Determinism

1:06:03 The Perimeter Of Ignorance Undermined

1:13:57 Concluding Thoughts

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