The Libet Experiment: Is free will just an illusion?

Are our 'conscious decisions' just reports on what is already happening? Voiced by Harry Shearer. Scripted by Nigel Warburton.

07 November 2014

2 minutes

This clip is from

A History of Ideas—Neuroscientist Paul Broks on Free Will and the Brain

Harry Shearer: A History of Ideas—A History of Ideas
Animations from A History of Ideas narrated by Harry Shearer.
A History of Ideas—A History of Ideas
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