The publication last year of Robert M. Sapolsky's Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will sparked a flurry of book reviews focused on his central thesis that free will is an illusion. He argues that our actions are a function of our biology, our environment, and our individual histories; thus, we are not responsible for them. What appears to us to be a choice is, in fact, a predictable response.
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The publication last year of Robert M. Sapolsky's Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will sparked a flurry of book reviews focused on his central thesis that free will is an illusion. He argues that our actions are a function of our biology, our environment, and our individual histories; thus, we are not responsible for them. What appears to us to be a choice is, in fact, a predictable response.