Stephen: Still CLUELESS About Free Will & Neuroscience

The claim that neuroscience has debunked free will has become fairly widespread. Rationality Rules, one of the most prominent atheist YouTubers, is at the forefront preaching this exact message. He proclaims that “science is telling us loud and clear and unequivocally that while our feelings of free will are real free will itself is an illusion.” His case is based on what are arguably the two most often-cited studies in neuroscience which presumably showed that determinism is true and free will doesn’t exist (which means that by watching my video you’ll not only get to see my response to @Rationality Rules but you’ll learn about the nuts and bolts that are behind the popular claim that neuroscience has debunked free will). The first one is the work of Benjamin Libet, a pioneering neuroscientist who published a groundbreaking study in the early 1980s. The second one is the work of Chun Siong Soon. This video is part #2 of my response to Stephen’s case (part #1 is here: https://youtu.be/RYUV5DyQxH4). It continues with the analysis of Stephen’s treatment of Libet’s work and looks at his utilization of Soon’s work, too. One of the most eye-opening lessons you will learn is that neuroscience doesn’t show that we form our decisions before we become aware of them, contrary to the claim that’s at the core of Rationality Rules’ argument. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg… I hope you will enjoy this video which deals with a key theme in Christian apologetics and in debates between skeptics and Christians. Stephen's original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4Oyi... For most of my criticism, I follow Albert R. Mele’s work “Free: Why Science Hasn’t Disproved Free Will” (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014). Study done by Haggard and Magno: Patrick Haggard and Elena Magno, “Localising awareness of action with transcranial magnetic stimulation,” Exp Brain Res (1999) 127: 102-107. A big THANK YOU to my friend Dan Miller who helped me a great deal to think carefully about the issues pertaining to free will and determinism. 0:00 Intro & Disclaimers 0:50 Context 1:45 Libet’s Study 2:50 Veto-Power & Hijacking Libet 3:45 Random & Non-Random Decisions 4:55 50% Data Missing 6:30 What Happens at -550ms? 8:30 The Reverse Experiment 11:02 We Form Our Decisions Consciously! 12:16 A Key Objection Answered 14:15 Readiness for Decision-Making 15:46 Study #2: Chun Siong Soon 17:27 Analyzing Stephen’s Interpretation 18:53 Slightly Better than Guesswork!? 20:46 More Problems 21:41 What Happens at -10s? 23:37 Stephen’s Utter Failure --- YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY — A Meaningless Universe? The Peterson-Krauss Conversation: https://youtu.be/M2abJJa88eM Basics of Intelligent Design: Messing with Darwin: https://youtu.be/wvtIGXcKpnM Stephen Has NO CLUE About Neuroscience & Free Will: https://youtu.be/RYUV5DyQxH4 The Trinity in the Old Testament: https://youtu.be/nBOnFI7VaGY My Cumulative Case Against Cosmic Skeptic: https://youtu.be/i44EOOtiAes Cosmic Skeptic EXPOSED: He's Got NO ETHICS At All! https://youtu.be/L117Iw9Gh4M Basics of Intelligent Design: Still NO Fossils!!? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-F8N... Does the Trinity Make Sense? https://youtu.be/VUJm0ga424Q A Lovely Conversation with Apostate Prophet: https://youtu.be/c-xXUcYzZo4 Basics of Intelligent Design: Darwin’s Nightmare: https://youtu.be/KZpIXDjXzHw The Reason Why The Christian Story MUST Be TRUE (The Peterson-Fry Conversation): https://youtu.be/egjZxQ2E9ow Cosmic Skeptic’s Ethics is Utterly ABSURD! https://youtu.be/1Zc4zHI6_6k Do Churches Influence You Emotionally? Yes & No: https://youtu.be/FeVyJqjLTLg No, It's ALEX's Problem: He DEBUNKED Atheism! https://youtu.be/g2S-oWzk-Ns THIS Is Why People Are Leaving the Church! (The Peterson-Barron Conversation): https://youtu.be/1T35glENMyQ How Women & Coca-Cola Prove the RESURRECTION: https://youtu.be/yNaVLNSrB_A YOUR STORY and MY STORY Converge HERE! https://youtu.be/rumE_KN1TI8 CosmicSkeptic: TORN between FREE WILL, HOMOSEXUALITY & MORALITY: https://youtu.be/2mJi7uhJSGQ Why Neuroscience CANNOT Debunk the Immaterial Soul – Interview with JP Moreland: https://youtu.be/Phu8yMOUzAY Why Being Skeptical Proves that God Exists: The Free-Thinking Argument with Dr. Tim Stratton: https://youtu.be/pSs0xhyvniU Atheism REALLY IS a BELIEF according to PHILOSOPHERS ("Atheism is NOT a Belief" – DEBUNKED #3): https://youtu.be/XeiXA10U96c SLAVERY in the BIBLE: THIS is what you NEED to KNOW: https://youtu.be/-CIeBCv_h2A Why ATHEISM Really IS a BELIEF (and the LOGICAL Problems of Saying it’s NOT)!: https://youtu.be/730ZdM-k1vk RELIGIOUS Beliefs are NOTHING BUT the Result of EVOLUTION!: https://youtu.be/ulM-rNj6wuI Rationality Rules is WRONG About MATH and GOD: https://youtu.be/dC7UAMwLfqE On the Crusades, Corruption in the Church and other Religious Evils - https://youtu.be/5TAYu8RM1jM Rationality Rules and the Great Cost of the Kalam - DEBUNKED: https://youtu.be/TeWCOLbUTVw