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|comment= OOOOOH! I am going to buy it NOW. I am so glad I saved these Amazon vouchers! Even though I probably have heard of many of the ideas there. But anything framed by Pinker and Dawkins will be at least stimulating (if often infuriating).
By the way, the free will thing I deal with in the ethical sphere - not scientific, as science cannot, I am afraid, help us with morality. The way I think of it is, it doesn't matter really if we are totally determined or if we do have free will indeed by some mechanism or another (quantum effects in the brain, anybody?). Because the only way to actually LIVE your life is to live as if you did indeed have free will, otherwise morality is impossible.
I just had a look at the Edge site and it's wonderful. Thank you. Why haven't I found it before!
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|comment= Yay! I got there before you!
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