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    Free Will Is Real (with Kevin Mitchell)

    EconTalk · Dec 15, 2025 · 1 h 32 min
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    Are we truly characters with agency, or are we just playing out our programming in the great video game of life? Contrary to those in his field who claim that free will is an illusion, neuroscientist Kevin Mitchell insists that we're agents who wield our decision-making mechanism for our own purposes. Listen as the author of Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will explains to EconTalk's…

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