Action Quote by Stephen Hawking

“It is hard to imagine how free will can operate if our behavior is determined by physical law, so it seems that we are…

— Stephen Hawking

From spending my decades thinking about behavior and the biological influences on it, I'm convinced by now free will is what we call the…

— Robert Sapolsky

Everybody acts as if they have free will. They act as if they can make these decisions; do they know they don't? I think…

— Margaret Atwood

“Recent experiments in neuroscience support the view that it is our physical brain, following the known laws of science, that determines our actions, and…

— Stephen Hawking

In philosophy, they talk a lot about humans being actual organic machines, and the idea of free will is something that we've made up.…

— Joel Kinnaman

Free will does really exist or we are moved by impulses?

— G

We assume that we have free will and that we make decisions, but we don't. Neurons do. We decide that this sum total driving…

— Rodolfo Llinas

[Research] suggests that what we think of as free will is largely an illusion: much of the time, we are simply operating on automatic…

— Malcolm Gladwell

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

— Richard Dawkins

One thing I've learned that is basic but bears repeating constantly: You are created with free will. Not even the Creator can help you…

— Doreen Virtue

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

Every free action has two causes that come together to produce it. One is moral, the will that determines the act; the other is…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau