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The Brain with David Eagleman

Episode 3 | What If We Have No Free Will?

Using a tank of ping pong balls, David demonstrates why we don’t need to worry.

10/28/2015 | Rating TV-PG

The Brain with David Eagleman

Episode 3 | What If We Have No Free Will?

Clip: Episode 3 | 2m 34s

Using a tank of ping pong balls, David demonstrates why we don’t need to worry.

What if we have no free will? What if we are just systems that move from one state to another in a predictable fashion? Using a tank of ping pong balls, David demonstrates why we don’t need to worry.

10/28/2015 | Rating TV-PG

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