Even though it sounds like a big question, the kind of question that fuels hours of late-night coffee house conversations—DOES FREE WILL EXIST?—the truth is, that from an empirical point of view, the consensus is pretty uncontroversial and the answer is surprisingly simple.
Free will does not exist.
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Read MoreThe greatest threat facing American democracy is not Russian interference. It is not even fake news. It is our own credulity.
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