# Free Will Does Not Exist with Robert Sapolsky

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[Free Will Does Not Exist with Robert Sapolsky - Factually! - 246](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQGEBJrehQ0)

Adam Conover954K subscribers  
1/31/2024

Does free will truly exist, or are we merely sophisticated meat machines running our biochemical programming with sentience as a byproduct? Stanford University neurologist Robert Sapolsky, having extensively studied the topic, asserts that not only is free will a myth but also that our insistence on its reality adversely affects the world we inhabit. In this episode, Adam speaks with Dr. Sapolsky about how choice is an illusion and the impact this has on our society, from workplace meritocracies to criminal justice reform. Find Dr. Sapolsky's book, _Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will_, at [factuallypod.com/books](http://factuallypod.com/books)

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