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Is free will just an illusion?

Are we truly in control of our actions, or are we bound by our predetermined genetic make-up, pow...

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14.13 23 Apr 2025


Is free will just an illusion?


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14.13 23 Apr 2025


Are we truly in control of our actions, or are we bound by our predetermined genetic make-up, powerless to act against our instinctive reactions to the stimuli around us?

Do we have free will, or is it just a persistent illusion?

Kevin Mitchell is Associate Professor of Genetics and nNeuroscience at Trinity College Dublin and author of ‘Free Agents – How Evolution Gave Us Free Will’. He joins Seán to discuss.


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