🎧 EPISODE: Dr. Kevin Mitchell – Are We Really Free?Do we truly have free will — or are our thoughts and actions just the result of brain chemistry and genetic wiring?In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Kevin Mitchell, Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin and author of Free Agents – How Evolution Gave Us Free Will. We dive deep into the science and philosophy of agency, exploring why so many thinkers today call free will an illusion — and why Kevin strongly disagrees.🧠 Why evolution needed free will🧬 What neuroscience gets wrong about agency⚖️ What this means for morality, responsibility, and being humanWhether you're a skeptic, a believer, or somewhere in between — this conversation will challenge how you think about choice, control, and consciousness.🎧 Liker du episoden? Den beste måten du kan støtte podcasten på er å gi 5 ⭐ og trykke "følg" – enten på Spotify eller der du lytter. Det hjelper enormt – tusen takk! 🙌💸 Vil du støtte arbeidet direkte? Vipps gjerne valgfritt beløp til 95992 088 – alt går til å holde podcasten i gang og lage enda bedre innhold!📲 Følg Alexander her:Twitter: ⁠@AlexBendiksen⁠Facebook: ⁠Profil

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