The Illusion of Free Will, with Sam Harris

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🗓️ 12 October 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Neil deGrasse Tyson investigates free will, morality, meditation, psychedelic experiences, artificial intelligence, and more alongside neuroscientist and author Sam Harris, comic co-host Godfrey, neurotheologist Andrew Newberg, and neuroscientist Robert Wright. You have no choice but to listen. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/the-illusion-of-free-will-with-sam-harris/ Photo Credit: Brandon Royal.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:09.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:13.0	Welcome to the Hall of the Universe.
0:25.0	I'm your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist.
0:29.0	And tonight we're going to tackle deep questions about the human mind,
0:33.0	featuring my interview with neuroscientists and author Sam Harris.
0:37.0	I picked his brain on everything, from free will to religion,
0:42.0	to psychedelic drugs, to the mystery of consciousness.
0:46.0	So let's do this.
0:49.0	My co-host tonight, comedian Gottfried.
0:54.0	Hey!
0:57.0	The man known as Gottfried.
0:59.0	Yes.
1:00.0	Tweeting at comedian Gottfried.
1:01.0	Comedian Gottfried.
1:02.0	Well, look for you there, dude.
1:03.0	All right, you've appeared in Zoolander?
1:05.0	Yes.
1:06.0	Oh, who's still?
1:07.0	Who's still?
1:08.0	How's the Zoolander Tuesday?
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