Life is full of uncertainties, but certain aspects appear to follow a predictable path. These predetermined outcomes often stem from factors such as genetics, upbringing, socioeconomic status and even ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Stanford neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky believes humans have no free will. By ...

Robert Sapolsky, a 66-year-old Stanford neurobiologist, has a controversial view on the nature of human existence: he doesn’t think “free will” exists. At all. A MacArthur “genius” grant recipient at ...

The takeaway of Robert Sapolsky’s Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will is basically the same as that espoused by those Snickers commercials: You’re not you when you’re hungry. Except ...

Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will, by Kevin J. Mitchell, Princeton University Press, 352 pages, $29.95 What is free will? Can a being whose brain is made up of physical stuff actually make ...