Brian Greene is a smart guy, but I find it curious that someone so smart can assert that free will does not exist. If you take the determinism perspective to it’s logical conclusion it becomes a self refuting concept.<br><br>If we’re all just governed by the deterministic laws of physics, what makes the same laws that govern my every thought, emotion, action, less “right” than those same laws that govern his every action and thought? How does that make sense? In his view there is no right or wrong, just forced output of deterministic events that are 100% outside of his control….even his assertion that free will is nonexistent.,(reply>), @victoriouse and to be clear, I don’t know what free will is or how it would even work…I’m just saying that the determinism position isn’t helpful either and asserting that it is true is premature. We don’t even understand consciousness, how would we even begin to understand an abstract concept like free will? Maybe we don’t have the mental framework to even begin to understand the dynamics of the mind.,(reply>), @B Herd why do you believe you are determined?,(reply>), @victoriouse how can you trust any conclusion that you arrive at if you were just forced to think it?,(reply>), If you take the determinism perspective to it’s logical conclusion it becomes a self refuting concept. Please take me through your "logical conclusion", since my logical conclusion of it is simple and it doesn't refute itself. So I am curious.<br><br>He never claimed that his thoughts etc are less right just because he believes there's no free will, IF there's no free will, that just means that you have no control over them in a vacuum. IF it's all determinism, then everything anyone ever thought is a "correct" thought, that doesn't mean the thoughts are all true statements on reality, just that the thought itself is a legit thought.<br><br>And maybe, if you'd like, explain to me what you think free will is,(reply>), You almost had me. Until I remembered that physical laws created your thoughts and you had no free will.  Hello from my prison to yours.