Biology Quote by Matt Ridley

It is a hard thing to accept, that our free will is limited by our genetic disposition, cornered by our social upbringing, and stymied…

— Anonymous

“To the best of our scientific understanding, determinism and randomness have divided the entire cake between them, leaving not even a crumb for ‘freedom’.…

— Yuval Noah Harari

I am very comfortable with the idea that we can override biology with free will.

— Richard Dawkins

Genetics play a huge part in who we are. But we also have free will.

— Anonymous

Life is like a game of cards... the hand that is dealt you represents determinism, the way you play it is free will...

— Anonymous

I used to very politely say that if there is free will then it's in all sorts of boring places, like whether you're going…

— Robert Sapolsky

It's an important point to realize that the genetic programming of our lives is not fully deterministic. It is statistical - it is in…

— Richard Dawkins

The great paradox of determinism and free will, which has held the attention of the wisest of philosophers and psychologists for generations, can be…

— E. O. Wilson

Almost always, genes are about potentials and vulnerabilities rather than about determinism.

— Robert M. Sapolsky

The neutral view of free will is impossible. It involves choice without desire.

— R. C. Sproul

The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds.

— William James

God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever…

— Orson Scott Card