You Don’t Have Free Will – but You Might Get It Someday

Regular readers know that I don’t believe in the superstition of “free will” because the laws of physics don’t stop at your skull. Whatever is happening in your brain is the result of cause and effect, and perhaps some randomness. But “free will” isn’t a real thing, except in our imaginations. But…

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Scariest Thing You Will See Today

I can’t tell if this secret video [no longer available] is real, but it purports to show a scientist proposing to develop a military-grade virus that would eliminate extreme religious thoughts in people as a way to end terrorism. The scary part is that it would probably work.  We know which parts…

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