RUINING FREE WILL

By WILLIAM NIGH

If you’ve ever read about the neurological basis of free will, you’ve been acquainted with the month-ruining effects of science journals. Neuroscientists assure us that we’re just little electro-chemical automatons, running around on a biologically pre-programmed missions to spread our DNA and survive. It should come as no surprise that you’re better off ignoring this information, just like everything else. Jonah Lehrer writes about the negative effects of reading these studies, which sound far from benign. Yes, science has studied the effects of their studies, an excellent basis for the forthcoming study of the effects of reading about the effects of studies.

By WILLIAM NIGH 2 years ago

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