As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toePhysicist and philosopher Jenann Ismael joins to unveil a radical idea: free will isn’t an illusion, it’s a physical reality grounded in thermodynamics and relativity. In this conversation, Jenann explains why no system, not even a perfect computer, can predict its own future, and how this inherent unpredictability opens the door to real agency. We explore the paradox of identity, the limits of determinism, the role of memory in selfhood, and why your choices truly come from you. This is the clearest, most rigorous defense of free will in the age of physics.Join My New Substack (Personal Writings): https://curtjaimungal.substack.comListen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4eTimestamps:Links Mentioned:•⁠ ⁠How Physics Makes Us Free [Book]: https://amzn.to/44CcHr8•⁠ ⁠Why Physics Should Care About The Mind [Paper]: https://www.jenanni.com/wp-content/uploads/Why-physics-should-care-about-the-mind-and-how-to-think-about-it-without-worrying-about-the-mind-body-problem.pdf•⁠ ⁠Diana Pasulka [TOE]: https://youtu.be/E5MuTHUbMUs•⁠ ⁠Leonard Susskind [TOE]: https://youtu.be/2p_Hlm6aCok•⁠ ⁠Sean Carroll [TOE]: https://youtu.be/9AoRxtYZrZo•⁠ ⁠Matt Segall [TOE]: https://youtu.be/DeTm4fSXpbM•⁠ ⁠Tim Maudlin [TOE]: https://youtu.be/fU1bs5o3nss•⁠ ⁠David Lewis’s Metaphysics: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/lewis-metaphysics/#Bib•⁠ ⁠Robert Sapolsky [TOE]: https://youtu.be/z0IqA1hYKY8•⁠ ⁠David Lewis’s Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B000APAW62•⁠ ⁠Stephen Wolfram [TOE]: https://youtu.be/0YRlQQw0d-4•⁠ ⁠Roy Baumeister [TOE]: https://youtu.be/aXoK-C2c2AQ•⁠ ⁠Free Will Ontoprism [TOE]: https://youtu.be/SSbUCEleJhg•⁠ ⁠Michael Levin [TOE]: https://youtu.be/c8iFtaltX-s•⁠ ⁠Dark Night Of The Soul: https://basilica.ca/documents/2016/10/St.%20John%20of%20the%20Cross-Dark%20night%20of%20the%20soul.pdf•⁠ ⁠George Musser [TOE]: https://youtu.be/KVy3NeXpMaI•⁠ ⁠Tim Maudlin & Tim Palmer [TOE]: https://youtu.be/883R3JlZHXESUPPORT:- Become a YouTube Member (Early Access Videos):https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join- Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal - Support me on Crypto: https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/de803625-87d3-4300-ab6d-85d4258834a9- Support me on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=XUBHNMFXUX5S4SOCIALS:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs#scienceLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices