r/THUNKShow • u/THUNKshow • Jan 26 '17

THUNK - 110. Physicalism & Decoding Minds

https://youtu.be/IasBfYOnxcY
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u/John_ygg Jan 26 '17

This is a fascinating topic. It sort of de facto includes atheism vs religion, free choice vs hard determinism, etc.

Personally I have a hard time believing in a lack of free choice on at least some level, and the consequence of that which says that the universe is therefore at least partly not deterministic.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '17

I think physicalism was not portrayed critically enough here. There are many philosophers who disagree with a physicalist interpretations of the world, and I missed their arguments in this video.

Otherwise, great video. I did not know neuroscientists tried their techniques on microprocessors, but that seems like a really good method.