"<a href=""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCdV6BMMpOo&amp;t=2h25m57s"">2:25:57</a> Can you not program something to be responsive to reasons? I don't think that's a good argument against Sam Harris' position. The way I see it any free will that we have can be compared to the difference between a remote control car vs a self-driving car. The self driving car is controlling itself and is responsive to the environment. We could even give it code to help it "reason" it's way out of certain situations. But in the end it's still just a part of the universe. The universe "programed" us just the same as we would program a car. The only thing that has actual libertarian free will might be the universe itself. So I guess we can be happy with that", since we are part of the universe also.