David Lawrence: Are we Really Biochemical Robots? Freewill vs Determinism

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Lawrence Dunning

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🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

I sat down with Author David Lawrence to talk about the ideas in his new book: “Are We Really Biochemical Robots: A Critique of Determinism and Sam Harris’ Crusade Against Free Will.”

It was a great conversation discussing whether we are in control of our choices.

While David was clearly on the side of Freewill, unfortunately the state of today’s landscape is the opposite: most current media personalities are determinists. Most internet and podcast pundits are determinists. Most of the renowned scientists who populate new media programming are determinists.

And with that way of thinking, personal responsibility goes out the window. Nobody is responsible for anything because they don’t control anything they do. David is fighting passionately against this and I really applaud his efforts!

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0:00.0	A single theme is two-hour for great minds and daring hearts.
0:06.6	Get ready to enter the Lion Heart with your host Lauren Stunning.
0:17.5	Hello and welcome back to Enthaline Heart.
0:20.6	This is the first podcast I've recorded in my new house in Indiana, so it's a real nice
0:25.5	milestone for me.
0:27.1	I actually had part of the attic, which I wanted to build down into a podcast studio, but I
0:31.7	found there's an awful echo in there, so I moved to my favorite part of the home,
0:36.2	which my wife calls the sunroom, and it overlooks the woods behind the house, which is a really
0:41.0	beautiful view, so I hope the audio quality is okay.
0:44.8	My poor audio editor, Igor, is always having to work extra hard to clean up all these
0:49.3	audio files, so thank you brother Igor, I always appreciate you.
0:54.1	Today I'll be talking to the author David Lawrence.
0:57.9	David's policies reach out to me and ask if I wanted to have him on, talk about the ideas
1:02.8	in his new book, which is called, Are we really biochemical robots?
1:07.9	And it's a critique of determinism and the Sam Harris crusade against free will.
1:14.2	Anyone that knows me knows that I'm clearly on the side of free will, but unfortunately
1:18.6	the state of today's landscape is the opposite.
1:21.9	Those current media personalities are determinists, most internet and podcast pandits are determinists,
1:28.2	and most of the renowned scientists who populate new media programming are also determinists.
1:34.7	And the massive problem with determinists thinking is that personal responsibility flies
1:39.0	out of the window.
1:40.9	If you want to live in a healthy society, I think the idea of free will is vital, and
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