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Free Will or Determinism: Do We Have Real Choice According to Physics and Neuroscience?
Every day we make dozens, even hundreds of decisions. What to say, what to do, which direction to take. Some of them are small and almost unnoticeable; others change our lives. And yet we rarely think about something that lies at the foundation of every single one of them – whether we actually have a real choice at all. At first glance, the answer seems obvious. Of course we do…
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The human brain has never in history been exposed to such a constant stream of stimuli as it is today. For hundreds of thousands of years, the human nervous system evolved in a world of relative silence, slow changes, and a limited amount of information. Attention was directed toward immediate survival, nature, human relationships, and the reality unfolding before one’s eyes. Today, however, we live in an era in which attention has become the most valuable currency of the global economy…
