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00:00Do you have control over your life or are you just a puppet?

00:02Are your choices really your own or are they predetermined by your genes and environment?

00:07This question has been debated for centuries.

00:09Philosophers have argued about it, theologians have weighed in,

00:12and now neuroscientists are trying to settle the matter.

00:15And they may have just discovered that the secret to free will lies in the connections between our brain and our spine.

00:20Hi!

00:20And welcome to my channel.

00:23Today we're going to talk about free will.

00:25Do you have it? Do you not?

00:27Is it an illusion?

00:28Does it feel like an illusion sometimes?

00:31Let us know in the comments.

00:33The question of whether or not we have free will is a surprisingly difficult one to answer.

00:37On the one hand, if our every move is dictated by our genes and our environment,

00:41then free will is just an illusion.

00:43We are, in fact, just really complex puppets.

00:47On the other hand, if we do have free will,

00:50then our brain must be capable of making decisions independent of our genes and our environment.

00:54But such independence seems highly unlikely.

00:58After all, everything in our bodies, including our brains,

01:02are physical entities governed by the laws of physics.

01:05Our genes, the environment, our experiences, everything is connected and nothing exists in isolation.

01:11Now, it might seem that this question doesn't have much of a real world bearing.

01:16After all, what difference does it make whether or not we have free will?

01:21Well, it turns out that the answer has some pretty profound implications.

01:25If we don't have free will, then notions of moral responsibility and justice become somewhat problematic.

01:30If we do have free will, then we have to rethink our understanding of the brain and the universe.

01:34So scientists have been trying to get to the bottom of this question,

01:38and they think they may have made a breakthrough.

01:40A team of researchers led by neuroscientists Raphael used at Columbia University in New York,

01:47used advanced neuroimaging techniques to map the connections between different parts of the brain and spinal cord.

01:54They wanted to see if there were any neural correlates of free will.

01:59That is, if there was any activity in the brain that correlated with the ability to make decisions independent of the body.

02:04And what they found was that there is a network of neurons that connects the brain to the spinal cord via the brains.

02:10This connection is active during both voluntary movements and when we're making decisions.

02:15But what's more, it appears to be active up to one half second before the movement or decision is made.

02:20This finding suggests that the spinal cord may play an active role in the decision-making process,

02:25which in turn suggests that free will may be an illusion.

02:28In other words, our decisions may be made by our bodies, not our brains.

02:35The researchers say that their findings have profound implications for our understanding of the brain and the universe.

02:40If their interpretation is correct, then free will is an illusion and determinism is real.

02:46If you like science and text stories, stay tuned for more.

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