I’m reading a fantastic book called The Evolution of Everything, and it’s…
Functional Free Will
The free will discussion needs a new term—one that serves as a unified theory…
Humans Are the Sock Part of the Sock Puppet
It’s not that people lack freedom that bothers me. What bothers me is that…
An Ambitious Look at the Problem of Consciousness
I’ve just been listening to Sam Harris talk about consciousness on his podcast.…
Absurdism as a General Approach
I find Camus’ concept of Absurdism to be extraordinarily powerful as a lens…
Which Free Will Do We Have?
The most significant problem in the timeless free will debate is that people aren’t…
Free Will and the Absurdist Chasm
I have uncovered what I believe to be a remarkable similarity between the search…
The Mind of a Compatibilist
Compatibilists are often quite confused. Most pivot between two different nonsensical…
Adjusting Free Will Skepticism Based on Necessity
I wrote recently about Lupus Liberalism, an affliction where liberals turn their…
The Lupus in Liberalism
The most dangerous aspect of the extreme left is that it functions as an immune…
Asking Physicists About Free Will
My buddy Jason works at FermiLab, and he posted recently on one of my free will…
The Experience of Free Will Isn’t Free Will
Many people make the following argument in favor of free will: I know I have it…
Creationist Science Isn’t
And since stars were made during Creation Week when God was supernaturally creating,…
Why Dennett is Still Wrong About Free Will
I’ve argued against Dennett’s position on free will multiple times…
Why It Matters That You Could Not Have Done Otherwise
Alessandro Vernet writes about the ability to have done otherwise: “Could you…
Jesus Has Always Been Immortal
I’ve always had a major issue with the idea of Jesus’ sacrifice. The…
Just World Theory, Free Will, and Apathy
A paper was just released by Cory Clark and colleagues on the subject of what…
Which of Your Goals Don’t Come from Evolution?
We all have goals. We want to be attractive to others. We want to be successful…
My Response to Sam Harris vs. Very Bad Wizards II
The Very Bad Wizards just posted their follow-up episode to the first show (which…
Addressing the Decomposition Argument Made by Free Will Compatibilists
There is a common narrative put forth by compatibilists that goes something like…
Compatibilism’s Contradiction
I’m currently engaging in an email discussion on free will with Billie Pritchett,…
For Free Will, Aren’t the Brain and Brain Tumor Identical?
Let’s assume we’re all determinists as it pertains to free will (compatibilists…
Why Studies Show That Attacking Free Will Makes People Less Moral
If you’ve been monitoring the free will debate at all you might recall that…
An Argument for God and Free Will
Many atheists are fond of arguing that God does not exist. They claim that extraordinary…
Moral Conservatives Should Reject Libertarianism
This is for my kind, conservative friends who reject liberalism for various reasons.…
