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DO WE HAVE FREE WILL - PRAGER UNIVERSITY Do humans have free will or are our decisions entirely products of chemistry, physics, and genetics? Is there a difference between the brain and the mind? Could a neuroscientist with enough knowledge of our brains know every decision that we'll make? The answers to these questions cut to the heart of what it means to be human.   In the external, or physical, world, we're all aware of standard cause and effect. You know, "Object A acts upon Object B with Force X." We all get that, because it applies to just about everything -- from electrons to athletes. But now consider events in your internal, or mental, world. What causes your thoughts? Some of our thoughts have external causes, like when we touch something and suddenly realize it's hot. We don't deliberate whether or not to pull our hand away. Our brain has already fired the instruction to do so -- involuntarily. In some strange sense, "we" didn...

Click to view online Thursday, June 04, 2015 Video: Suicidal Texas Man Torches Car, Injures Responding Officers Officers arrived at the Texaco Gas Station at Interstate 35 and Stassney Lane around 2 a.m. and found 47-year-old Andrew Guerrero outside the car. Officers said they asked him to come over, but he instead rushed inside the car that had apparently been doused in combustible... Share Man Gets Life for Gunning Down Off-Duty Philly Officer A parolee who gunned down an off-duty Philadelphia Police officer during a robbery gone wrong has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Share Terror Suspect Killed in Boston Planned to Behead Officers Boston police and FBI agents had been tracking Rahim around the clock. As the 26-year-old walked outside a Roslindale CVS on Tuesday, officers approached him. Share Video: Florida Man Arrested After Dancing on Sheriff's Vehicle to Stop Vampire Attack He then looks to stri...