Does Free Will Actually Exist?

[@elijah5199]

"tried to scare off the bear with disco lights and high tempo Serbian folk music" is a string of words I never expected to hear

[@ForeverAmber_1]

😆 Yes!

[@walterlyzohub8112]

He should have electrified the hives. It would be a shocking experience.

[@user-zi8lg5qu1h]

I overheard that part lol

[@garyfrancis6193]

Privilege. No “d”. Here’s another one “refrigerator “. No “d”. “Fridge” has a “d”.

[@snowydeagles15]

He can speak of literally the most fricked up stuff,and i'll still be able to sleep to his therapeutic voice and soothing narrating

[@randommemeaddict249]

Reminds me of the creepypasta channel The Dark Somnium.

[@hellothere1171]

Same! Love his voice 😍

[@x-raymind7778]

It was a eggorcism

[@LaceKing7]

The most what?

[@andrewk2886]

Thank God I'm not the only one that falls asleep listening to him talk, his voice is relaxing.

[@somekindofusername]

Read the title as “Does Free Wifi Actually Exist” and my high ass starting wondering “hmmm yeah someone’s paying for that shit”

[@sibongileapril4979]

😭😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@ZachBigCox]

You made my high ass scroll up and reread the title to make sure I didn't read it wrong lol.

[@fisharepeopletoo9653]

"The bear managed to avoid it's prison sentence by being a protected species." Privilege strikes again

[@Ultermategamerz]

Well aren’t humans technically a protected species? In that in most places of the world it’s illegal to kill one 🤔🤔

[@saritether4500]

@@Ultermategamerz duh, humans are just the biggest bullies…. 😳

[@Xassaw]

Not white privilege this time, bear privilege.

[@marjimhip8487]

Privilege is a curse…to be hated for something that you’re born with. Many privileges lead to misery. What other explanation is there for the ridiculous suicide rate of “first world” nations?

[@fisharepeopletoo9653]

@@marjimhip8487 Because those people aren't as priveledge as you think, because mental illness, because of poor choices making them feel like they're at a dead end, because they've reached the end of their priveledge and don't know how to continue without it, there's tons of reasons that don't sound nearly as insane as "Priveledge is a curse." Priveledge is an advantage, but if you start halfway up the racetrack and still finish last it hurts worse than losing on equal terms.

[@sairo...]

i clicked on the “Why your future is entirely predictable” title and it changed as i was about to watch it! haha now it’s “do you have free will” funny.

[@sriyasodharmma4021]

Why your future is entirely predictable ➡ Do you have free well ➡ Does free will actually exist

[@pranavsridhar2379]

Funny

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

That's funny. But changing the title is considered to be a way to get more views. Screwing with the programming.

[@piparass4207]

Cuz even he doesn't understand what are his videos about xd

[@accountname2521]

@@JanyaAndromedaGalactic finaly someone else who understands the truth

[@zm3609]

Title: "Does free will actually exist?" Video: *Demonic chicken*

[@shawnhartmann4581]

Is that where deviled eggs come from?

[@CryptoAce]

I see you Gyro

[@mangmerciless9606]

If youre a man and youre married then no, you do not have free will.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

"Do you have free will?" English Teachers: *"Ah Yes! Another assignment to assign to my students Journals!"*

[@tomoyami]

Plz eng teacher, don't ruin this topic too..

[@melissamoore347]

@@tomoyami But we are reading Romeo and Juliet right now....lol.

[@jblue475]

@@melissamoore347 hopefully not through the lens of critical theory!

[@sucheermaddury7481]

You are one of the only 2 open minded presidents we've ever had

[@ladyathenaofowls]

@@sucheermaddury7481 I really liked Roosevelt when he was around

[@Mcoaz]

Title: “do you have free will?” Residents of North Korea: *“What is that?”*

[@vdoxsamp7283]

Residents of China:

[@l0rd_of_hollows681]

also North Korea: trick question, If you have will he can't be free.

[@thegunslinger1363]

Also in Turkmenistan.

[@jblue475]

Even if one is kidnapped, tied up, and gagged, free will still exists. An inmate still has free will even though not actual freedom. Free will imho is the ability to make moral choices in any situation. Even if it’s simply the choice of how to perceive the situation and form opinions.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

@@vdoxsamp7283 Free will to criticize the western world. I'm looking at you Wumao!

[@kstoneace]

I just finished reading or rather listening to stick a flag in it. It was absolutely fabulous. I’m on a 2 Day Dr. from Michigan to Florida in the United States. It kept me on the edge of my seat for my whole ride. Even though it was a history book, it was like listening to a really good story. I also have to complement how good of a narrator you were. You kept it lively and comedic. Congratulations on a wonderful book. I will Highly recommend it to my friends and family. I’m looking forward to your next book. Thank you again Ken Stone

[@Athenaixx]

Going to be honest his moustache is amazing.

[@Bobdamilkman420]

Facts

[@tomfly3155]

It's sad when he's not sporting it

[@hundinrave9828]

Waited years for it

[@lonestoner8297]

It was free will that made you post this.

[@deathbydeviceable]

@@lonestoner8297 determinism made him say it

[@Xevonarin]

I can't believe that in all the years I've watched Thoughty2, not only has he stayed completely true to what makes his content so great, but he's actually managed to improve it along the way. Love a lot of the jokes that have crept in more recently, 'the devils cock' is just... I can't even.

[@mikejohnson5900]

Is it "casual" or "causal"?

[@feralbluee]

I realized after watching this episode, how much research and cognition goes into each video, especially this kind of subject. It’s the way you present and talk about the subject you’ve chosen. Everything is so interesting or fascinating. Can’t begin to thank you. And do have a great day :)🌷🌱

[@soulassassin0g]

Random pedestrian: "How old are you?" Thoughty2 at 42 years old: "Hey, Thoughty2 here."

[@bert.hbuysse5569]

I love 42 tho.

[@trev6783]

@@bert.hbuysse5569 It's the meaning of life, the universe, and everything.

[@Azerkeux]

Eyyy fawty do ear

[@the42oflife]

@@bert.hbuysse5569 I too am fond of the number 42

[@bedivere2217]

He's not really 42 years old. He just used that 42 cause it is believed to be the meaning of everything. Btw, He's just at his 20's

[@bazpearce9993]

I think it may be causal determinism, not casual.

[@AbeYousef]

yeah i was just about to comment lmaooo

[@sorak1701]

Bothered me, too. I had to rewind it to make sure I didn't mishear it, and see if the right word was on the screen. Indeed, it was, he just said it wrong. Oops.

[@AlexLopez-hb5cl]

Thank you

[@godfreypoon5148]

Substantial cringe right there.

[@DanEllis]

Not even the first time, either!

[@The_Nightsong]

Just wanted to say that this video really got to me with being bipolar. I keep trying to find ways to logically understand my different episodes, why it feels like I'm being possessed by a different entity when being manic and spending all my money.

[@adebalogunyusuf6157]

I’m actually feeling the same thing… That feeling just comes from nowhere & I’m aware that situation had happened for example(blasting money on something quite unusual) & i know the consequences but I’ll still get that urge, feeling to still go on with it.

[@aliyahabrahams]

Because itʼs a chemical imbalance. Itʼs a symptom and it isnʼt your fault. Cosmic Skeptic also did a good video on free will that doesnʼt really talk about determinism.

[@joemagnus5085]

I can relate. It's like being your own hostage😅

[@byHorizons]

“I was lonely/I remembered to obey the restraining order” lmao you’re too good

[@Ryan-pm1hp]

“How else could you be watching KZbin in your underwear” Are you watching me? Wtf😂

[@Matt-re6ic]

Same

[@blackfoxgames4431]

I eat my legs hair

[@jimmym3352]

It's the middle of winter, no way am I going to be watching in my underwear. Now in the middle of summer on the other hand...

[@sammyekeleme2352]

Sunday morning on the bed 🛌 in my underwear 🩲 🤣🤣

[@mtl6883]

I don't wear underwear i have free will

[@SerendipitousProvidence]

"You should never eat $atan's gospel pipe, no matter how tasty it might look." - Thoughty2 2021

[@Dr.Gunsmith]

😂 sick

[@SUBZEROxACID]

Way to butcher something funny hardly what he said

[@niyebread3033]

@@SUBZEROxACID he was obviously just censoring it, you joy kill.

[@CubeFlow_46]

lmao

[@AloeVera365]

That's actually an equally funny analogy.

[@JackSparrow-re4ql]

"I feel lonely, but I obeyed the restraining order." :(

[@JeffersonSteelflexx]

I feel lonely because nobody loves me

[@rickycorgain5506]

@@JeffersonSteelflexx i love you

[@Ivan-xk4uy]

@@rickycorgain5506 I don’t

[@eitanengel8259]

@@rickycorgain5506 can I be loved as well please

[@jimdigitalvideo]

They think I obeyed the restraining order......Mwa-ha-ha-HA-HA!

[@Heuhegeygeygeheu]

"Do you have free will?" Thoughty2: casual determinism.

[@tobiasdontmatter1868]

Very casual

[@dontcomply3976]

Is there a formal version?

[@yourcellularuniverse3235]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIGWgKR-q66AosU

[@faismasterx]

@@dontcomply3976 Yes, called "hard determinism."

[@ari_wastaken]

*Causal determinism. Thoughty2 mispoke

[@Roberto-REME]

Outstanding video and superbly narrated with your great insights and peppered light humor and banter. You produce high quality, informative, worthwhile videos and I wish you much continued success. Love to see you do full feature films..... that's your next stop.

[@jockeyfield1954]

"Do you have free will?" residents of china: yes

[@elquesohombre9931]

Underrated comment

[@amarisabstractmind6635]

@@elquesohombre9931 chill it’s only been three minutes bro😭

[@switchbranch8411]

Yes. *gun pressed against back of head*

[@elquesohombre9931]

@@amarisabstractmind6635 you know how far photons travel in 3 minutes? Ok jokes aside i though it was a lot older

[@Krllytos]

They got it from N.Coreea :))

[@rxdrxd8887]

The fact that thoughty2 can freely change his title everytime is a proof that we have freewill

[@ezza200]

No, he actually just can't not change the title :)

[@ferlucielia3245]

but if he does will the message will be the same

[@tddup657]

Actually the fact that he changes is proof of causation. He has a belief that changing the changing the title has some positive affect on viewership. That belief was formed from an event in the past

[@St1ckY72]

Yup. If he had free will, why would he change the title? He's feeling the urge to...

[@legendary3952]

That is a dumb comment. “Freely change” So where is the proof that his choice is truly “free” WTF Maybe the proof that he does not have free will is that he always changes the title

[@isaacsamuel7517]

Bro you did the best job explaining the age old debate of the Christian community of Armamiamsm vs Calvinism. And explaining why God is in present as He is known as "I AM" being able to explain the past and being able to know the future. No one I seem so far has come close to the outer edges of explaining that and that too using science. The mind-finger movements experiment doesn't prove predictability but most assuredly proves that we don't just have a mind and a body but also a spirit of ourselves inside our fleshly bidy that controls our body as we do not merely think in our brain but the brains thoughts are a reflection of our soul. This experiment clearly demonstrates that. This is probably the best video of yours I seen so far.

[@Allanindaarmy]

Remember people, “Never eat satins Cox.”

[@unicorn.mushroom]

But, it looks so tasty 🤤

[@scottybaker13]

Ya I wondered if I had heard that right.

[@merk40tharealest13]

@@unicorn.mushroom you should try mine🤪

[@commonground5214]

Satin is a fabric. Satan is evil.

[@Tethloach1]

@@Leo-ul5pc people make those jokes all the time.

[@leighwiggin4139]

Casual Determinism must be the new Causal Determinism but more chilled out.

[@Zeus-bn3nc]

Hah I was looking for this comment. Let's start a new movement, I'm loving it.

[@ancientone2160]

Thank goodness someone said something!

[@Beevreeter]

My free will had a real workout over whether to say something about this or not ... Your comment spared me the dilemma!

[@zavianwilson6070]

"I was lonely, but I remembered the restraining order" ~ Thoughty Two

[@thomasdarby6084]

That's CAUSAL determination, not "Casual." More fun with the Queen's English. But you knew that...

[@MySmileStillStaysOn]

YES!!! Made my ears hurt every time I heard it... "causal" as in "CAUSE"...

[@kingstarscream320]

@@MySmileStillStaysOn He means relative to semi-formal determinism.

[@MySmileStillStaysOn]

@@kingstarscream320 and? The issue is with the pronunciation. He didn't say the right word.

[@kingstarscream320]

@@MySmileStillStaysOn Are you seriously that dense? R/wooooooosh

[@chop-daresistance7514]

@@kingstarscream320 he "casually" is 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nistarok123]

5:53 Ah, "casual determinism", a classic. Rigidly decides your fate, but only sometimes. And most of the times it isn't even serious about you.

[@Blanksmithy123]

What do u mean by only sometimes?

[@nistarok123]

@@Blanksmithy123 I made a joke because he misspoke "causal" as "casual". You know, it only determines events casually. Not every time. Only if it feels like it :P

[@Blanksmithy123]

@@nistarok123 😂😂 I was so in my head that I thought you were actually criticising causal determinism.... it was such an obvious joke in hindsight lmao

[@justsomeguywithtattoos6267]

At 4:01 I thought that frame was a reflection on my screen and that scared the devil out of me.

[@renascitur7051]

Short answer: no Long answer: probably, but still no

[@CG64Mushro0m]

damn bro you still haven't watched the whole video lmao

[@renascitur7051]

@@CG64Mushro0m Y u p

[@manitro337]

Stop watching richard dawkins.

[@sillysad3198]

The longest answer: i dont know what you mean "free will" but whatever you think it is it is completely MEANINGLESS, and this question does not deserve an answer.

[@philiplopiano3759]

@Johnny Silverhand Neil degrass Tyson, lol. Hes a proven liar and works for the elite, wouldn't take anything he says at face value...

[@benmc12]

When I saw that Thoughty2 posted a new video, I simply could not help myself but to watch it.

[@hiltonchapman4844]

@Basic Ben: Re your "When I saw that Thoughty2 posted a new video, I simply could not help myself but to watch it." Classic!

[@jaigray5422]

Maybe there is some truth to "History repeats itself" after all. Anyone who follows history or has even basic knowledge of it will know it 100% does repeat itself to an almost "divine" level of accuracy.

[@macogottalent112]

How does it repeat? I don’t know much history and could give a little answer but it wouldn’t be as good as your examples

[@yunamchill9169]

@@macogottalent112 I don't want to think too closely about it, but for example a very big earthquake usually happens every ten years. Or epidemics. Approximately every same number of years.

[@montikore]

Lol yeah okay

[@grime2.085]

@@yunamchill9169 that’s a terrible example

[@yunamchill9169]

@@grime2.085 Do you have better ones

[@jimmyneedham1288]

I honestly read this as "Does Free Willy actually exist?", The lack of whale clarified it quickly lol.

[@promitaghosh235]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIGWgKR-q66AosU

[@mattechrome]

Lol jimmy c'mon 😭

[@galactic_ape1929]

No Willy... just Satan cock

[@LUZ-zv6pq]

Haha exactly the same here. Even the thumbnail worked.

[@jernfuglen]

The same here. The next question must be:" Does free WiFi exist?"

[@akoaykilalamo]

I just clicked on this video without my actual consent 😳

[@wafeemahmud6781]

Same

[@jimmyyeetron382]

😱

[@Serenity8031]

Well, I thoughty about it for a moment but let's be real, I was always going to click on this video.

[@tomfly3155]

@Cali Girl In Costa it's annoying

[@googoogly6]

This was a pretty interesting part of The Matrix. I remember The Oracle and all the other programs and such could accurately predict the actions of everyone, and along with the physics of the world and chemical reactions in our brains, so on and so on, they therefore knew the future. I had never thought about it before I had watched that movie, but afterwards I thought a lot about it, and it honestly makes sense to me. Neurons in our brains fire in different ways due to different stimuli, it’s not like we can choose how it fires.

[@d4v1dd_]

I though that said “do you really have free Wi-Fi?”

[@CoreGames2000]

me too bruh... ; 0

[@BigRift]

Haha I thought it was Free Willy.

[@Tezz.]

Do you edit these yourself? The way you build the foundation for the topic is the best I've ever heard. Maybe its just the mustache power? :)

[@jackdurden466]

I was once told that the only things that we can actually control about ourselves are a mere two measures: 1. Your attitude about any certain thing. 2. The amount of effort that you put into something. And after I spent literal years of thinking about that, I’ve yet to truly find anything that proves, at some point, no matter how minuscule, eventually does not fall under one of those two categories. In essence, I’m asking any, and all of you who read this, that if you don’t buy it, and Are truly able to come up with another completely unrelated 3rd or even 4th option to this statement, please make note of it, send me a message, as I have been failing desperately in trying to disprove it. And I’d really like someone, anyone, to help me do that. So, if you’ve got a solid answer, that at some base level doesn’t find itself under these two things, please, make a comment about it. And like the comment so I’ll get the notice. Good Luck out there!

[@bonkerzmhann]

Why did I read this as Do You Have Free Wifi? It dawned on me at the 12 minute mark I may have misread the title

[@m1k1o]

Same lol.

[@oldarus]

you are getting more bold with the sexual innuendo jokes every video. 🤣 It catches me off guard everytime and makes me laugh!!

[@joaniejensen7424]

I do like thoughty2 and his facts about different subjects,, but MrBallen is still my favorite. I do love his story telling, no swearing, and no making fun of certain people, ordinary people..

[@username65585]

Criminals being “determined” to commit the crimes would be just as “determined” as them being punished.

[@nodiggity9472]

Not really, because criminality is subject to legislation proscribing specific activity, and legislation is subject to changes in societal norms.Someone smoking pot perfectly legally today, would have been liable to criminal prosecution and punishment 25 years ago. But his behaviour, and his motivations have stayed the same (for the sake of argument) for forty years. His free will decided he would smoke pot forty years ago, despite its criminal status, and his reasons for doing so haven't changed, but the legislation has. So if determinism is true, then legislation is irrelevant, criminality is just another kind of behaviour, and punishment is just a pointless attack we make on people we don't like.

[@username65585]

@@nodiggity9472 If determinism is true that is was determined that marijuana was illegal then and determined that it is legal now.

[@klondike444]

@@username65585 You are right, but we can't help seeing the world in moral terms and acting accordingly, and objectively smoking pot should not be illegal.

[@spacecomma9589]

@@klondike444 True, but smoking pot doesn't happen in a vacuum. For example, I don't want the pot smoke of my neighbor reaching my open window in the evening.

[@andreab380]

@@spacecomma9589 True, but we still got to make our decisions when it comes to legislation, even if these decisions aren't free. The fact that all parties involved may be determined, doesn't mean that some laws should not be rethought or changed when we have more knowledge (the amount of which is also determined, but the more the better).

[@Commenter26]

"Do you have free will?" Residents of Venezuela: We used to

[@rappermerch7785]

here before some upper middle class marxist gets triggered

[@inmezzoallonde7196]

@@rappermerch7785 kek

[@Ranxerox1911A1]

I have to say, Thoughty2, you produce some of the most interesting and thought-provoking content for laymen on the entire interwebs!

[@sv7495]

Me: Yes Uni: Yesn't

[@sunte91]

@@automaticninjaassaultcat3703 have like neighbor 👍🏻 we have the same word in Swedish 🇸🇪 🇳🇴

[@sv7495]

@@automaticninjaassaultcat3703 Funny, I'm norwegian😂

[@supremeleader1312]

Thoughty2's content is in a gray area between being professional/mature and being unprofessional/immature lmao.

[@nathanaelsmith3553]

It's a difficult and fine line to walk - and he pulls it off magnificently

[@supremeleader1312]

@@nathanaelsmith3553 yes lol

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

He evolved.

[@supremeleader1312]

@@AbrahamLincoln4 yes, along wit his mustache

[@aquadark2291]

He walks the seldom found line of Professional immaturity. A more socially acceptable immaturity when left to jokes.

[@eitanengel8259]

Thoughty I love your videos they are informative yet entertaining which is hard to find these days

[@theradgegadgie6352]

In the words of Christopher Hitchens: 'Do I think we have free will? Yes, because we have no choice.'

[@yourcellularuniverse3235]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIGWgKR-q66AosU

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

Some might have no choice to believe that they have free will, but the notion is still demonstrably false.

[@theradgegadgie6352]

@@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself Until scientists can quantify consciousness, they can demonstrate much, but not enough. Many, if not the majority, of scientists dispute this. Right now, it just remains science's most likely agreed possibility.

[@theradgegadgie6352]

@@yourcellularuniverse3235 I don't click on any link without some sort of explanation of what is on the other side of it.

[@yourcellularuniverse3235]

@@theradgegadgie6352 this is a video made by me...on kinda similar topic...

[@thegunslinger1363]

"You have no choice! You have owners! They own you!" George Carlin.

[@manitro337]

Don't take it out of context. Please. He was talking about The men in black, and billionaires and such.

[@MattysModernLife]

You have the choice to resist!

[@joejones9520]

first it was Tesla, now it's George Carlin all the hippest people are infatuated with...

[@gregbors8364]

He wouldn't say that about himself though...

[@sstrykert]

And who are they? Do they use mouth pieces to convince you resistance is futile? Do they have holes in their armor that can be exploited?

[@nt78stonewobble]

Oh, I do believe that people can be independent, free-thinking creatures capable of making good moral judgements... I just also believe that happens much less often than we care to admit. EDIT and PS: Specifically I mean that as thoughty says, our thinking is influenced by any number of mundane things, like sleep, food, hydration, stress levels etc. ... The faster we have to make a decision, the more we probably go with what we know and go by existing biases. In the fastest cases, we quite literally call it a reflex, which most people would agree is a lack of a conscious decision. So I think that if any one of us wants to really exercise our free will. We get a good nights sleep, we eat, we hydrate, we take a deep breath... We try to be at our most rational and logical. We make our pros and cons on the yellow legal pad and then we make our subjectively judged most rational decision we can, based on as much available and least biased information we can. I think that can get us as close to free will as possible, but how many of the decisions in daily life are made like that? And of course, that's no guarantee there's not eg. a tumor / brain injury screwing up our thinking somewhere.

[@aliyahabrahams]

I once had someone explain it without determinism as this: 1) Our decisions are influenced by things outside of our control, and b) our decisions are determined by our desires. For example, if you go to the gym, even though you want to stay home and sleep, it is because your desire to be healthy or look good is greater than your desire to sleep. The strongest desire wins. However, the issue is that we cannot choose our desires. And even if you could choose what you want, you would have to want to want it. Why do you want to be healthy more than you want to stay home and nap? You just do. You didnʼt make a conscious decision to want it more, you just did. You can look up Cosmic Skeptic Free Will for a better explanation.

[@nt78stonewobble]

@@aliyahabrahams Well, in a fully deterministic universe everything, all events including our thinking and response to stimuli and how we affect the world around us is entirely dependent on the initial conditions. In other words, the dominos will fall exactly as they were arranged to fall.

[@aliyahabrahams]

@@nt78stonewobble true, but we donʼt need determinism to say that free will doesnʼt exist.

[@smlanka4u]

"You don't have free will, but don't worry." Free will is incompatible with the currently known laws of nature and why the idea makes no sense anyway. However, you don't need free will to act responsibly and to live a happy life. - Sabine Hossenfelder

[@user-zi8lg5qu1h]

You need free will to act responsible. If you don't have free will you will murder that guy who drives to slowly in a fast lane no matter what if you have to do that

[@smlanka4u]

@@user-zi8lg5qu1h, Quantum uncertainty doesn't mean that our will is completely predicable, and we are not responsible about our will. But because of the uncertainty in our mind sometimes our mind doesn't give the output we want. And it is about the output of our will which we can't control. Our will (Chethana/Karma) has a previous cause, but that previous cause is based on our habits and practices, so even if we can't change the previous cause or will it always has a stream of habits and practices. The middle way is the answer. Training the mind from deep meditations can change the determinism, because the meditation is the best way we can change our quantum behaviour by changing deeper levels of the mind to disconnect our mind from the world around us to develop a locality inside the mind. I think if we can use our mind to change the quantum fabric of the space (quantum foam, particles etc) as much as and as far as possible then it can help to change our path. If we don't try to change our mind, then we just follow the stream of the world around us. The Buddha showed us a way to go against the stream. According to Buddhism there is a very small determinism which related habits and practices of people who continue it many life times.

[@user-zi8lg5qu1h]

@@smlanka4u Interesting take. One can get over cause and consequence and do something based on some other factors like personal morals etc. But that still is a determanisam because that individual is wired that way, if you get what I want to say. Our minds can't really make random decisions, when you have a choice that doesn't matter like touch left panel or right one which are completely identical and no matter whcih you choose nothing will happen, your decision will be still based on some unconscious factors. But just because our minds work that way doesn't mean that they are uncapable of doing something else.

[@smlanka4u]

​@@user-zi8lg5qu1h, I think we can change the format of the mind from meditation which can rapidly change the path of our actions. Imagine, if you can see how the mind works and if you can change the structure of the brain and the mind then you can you can take the control of your mind and actions better than others. I don't say that meditation can help us to remove determinism completely, but we will be able to see how determinism works and then we can try to change the direction of it to get the result we want.

[@gwilson314]

Women and philosophy...never once.

[@creedbratton4064]

Was this just called "Why your future is entirely predictable" a second ago or was that Mandela effect

[@ricpo8683]

Believe that was the mandeller effect

[@donutcobra3144]

I saw that too but may be dumb

[@1NINJAD]

You just have schizophrenia

[@ricksanchez8469]

I thought it was called "do you have free will"

[@walterwalker7724]

I notice they've been changing video titles lately, it's weird, but whatever

[@franz009franz]

thanks for making videos about things that keep me up at night. existential quesitons like these have me depressed for years as i have no ways of expressing them or talk about them, cuz they are greatly combined with social anxiety, while most ppl simply live life not questioning anything. i wish i was like this sometimes. Psychologists i talked to simply told me that my world views and phylosophic aproches to live, despite me not ever having read a book on the topics, seem very rational and talking to me simply made them depressed rather than helping me and adviced me to study astrophysics, psychology, philosophy. very helpful right there, so anti depressives it had to be to simply make me think less. On topic - in my opinion we have very little control over our actions and are mostly driven by instincts, genetics that are influenced by evolution, our influences in upbringing, birth alone might be proof of us not having acutal free will. but we still have to keep our made up laws of society for it to exist as most ppl wish it to do. what difference does it make? as much as me winning the next game of whatever i play, or what job i have. none, outside of my egoistic interests as a human being.

[@memitim171]

"talking to me simply made them depressed" Personally I think this quote sums up their usefulness quite completely, I suspect in 100 years time we will look at the psychologists of today in much the same way we look at the "doctors" of the past who thought drilling holes in your head was a surefire remedy for almost anything... To their credit though advising you to learn stuff isn't a terrible idea, you should do stuff too...Why so vague? Why "stuff" and not something specific? Because it doesn't actually matter what that "stuff" is. You are imho completely correct that everything is essentially meaningless, nothing you, I or anyone else does has any grand meaning behind it and if you spend your life searching for such a thing you will be permanently disappointed. When people realise this they can become lost staring into the black void of meaninglessness but I say to you, good sir, that it is not a black void, it is a blank canvas upon which to paint your own meaning. Egotistical it may be, but think of it this way...what if there was a grand meaning to everything? What if you didn't like that meaning? What if you were unable to live up to that meaning, to play your part in it? *Then* you would know true meaninglessness...it's better the way it is. Paint your picture, believe in it's meaning and don't let anyone, even yourself, tell you it has no meaning.

[@ahmedch3722]

"Not something you want raning around the breakfast table" hhhhh good one

[@randomguy13863]

are u from morocco

[@ahmedch3722]

@@randomguy13863 no I'm from Algeria but I love Morocco ❤️❤️🇲🇦

[@oregolelefinger]

My africans , I'm from South Africa

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

I'm just an American.

[@Monkforilla]

@@AbrahamLincoln4 lol nice projecting buddy

[@hectorvaz1402]

The future is already there and all we have to do is get to it, so everything has already happened

[@suomipoika1796]

You could argue that there is no future and past, but only this moment. Because you will never experience the future nor will you experience the past, you will always exprience the current moment. Your moments will become your past as a memory.

[@steveross85]

I can only imagine how much time and effort and research you put into your video's. I'm a big fan can't wait for more. Good job👍

[@Hamsteak]

I say no, not really

[@manitro337]

So does Richard dawkins.

[@skellexon]

This video had 3 titles: "Why your future is entirely predictable", "do you have free will?" and "does free will actually exist?" normally he only changes it once but damn he couldn't make up his mind this time

[@acangial1]

Does that prove he has free will or was it already predetermined to thrice change?

[@cathyhamlin3611]

I do think we have free will, but that doesn't mean we will have a favorable outcome, for instance, I have wanted certain jobs I was qualified for, and yet didn't get them for whatever reason another example is reaching out to others for friendship, and was rebuffed There are reasons why I didn't obtain these things, but there are situations where you can't determine why they happened Life can be a mystery

[@jessem.burnside8584]

I think therefore I am. I exist therefore I have purpose. I have purpose therefore I act. I act therefore I HAVE CHOICE. I ALWAYS HAVE A CHOICE THEREFORE I HAVE FREE WILL.

[@dinev9]

Her: He's probably thinking about other girls. Him:

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

"I agreed to adhere to the restraining order" why you got to hit so close to home fam

[@daina12000]

Thanks again Thoughty2 - always love watching and learning from your videos. Also, you have a lovely voice, and that 'stash' is impressive!

[@lundsweden]

There was an interesting story that my Mother told me. Not sure if it was real or if this was a campfire tale. Anyway she claimed a man in our town gradually became more and more violent with his wife and family over a period of months. He essentially became a total ba$tard. After a short period of this worsening behaviour, he went missing. Two weeks later he was found dead in an alleyway, far from home. His autopsy found he died from a brain tumour.

[@nionashborn7626]

If I click on this video because I think I have free will, who's to say I wasn't always going to be prodded into that decision by fixed events?

[@godamid4889]

@@triniti4785 hmm, that doesn't make sense. The whole idea of Judeo-Christian religion is that man was special because God gave them free will. It can't be fated if man has free will. God cannot know all that will ever be if man has free will. That would imply that the journey is predetermined.

[@godamid4889]

@@triniti4785 my apologies, I misinterpreted what you were saying.

[@AkadoRyuuk]

@@triniti4785 Time itself is an illusion. In the "big scale" you already made your decisions. The whole "I" concept is illusion. You can't have free will because "you" dont acctually exist.

[@chronoshin8597]

You clicked on this video because it is an english contents that you can understand. No choice.

[@RandomProblem]

randomly watching this video and the town the hung the elephant in 1916 is actually my hometown. paying respect to elephants is a big thing here now. every year we paint these vinyl elephants and auction them and the proceeds go to an elephant sanctuary it’s actually pretty cool.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

"Do you have free will?" Americans: *"I think about it every day and night.."*

[@sillysad3198]

Americans LOVE to think about most meaningless mental phantoms on Erath :)

[@OfficialEdwardNewgate]

Thank you, Abraham Lincoln.

[@jimmyburton1367]

@@sillysad3198 are u American?

[@rappermerch7785]

@@sillysad3198 I think you're suffering from TDS

[@sillysad3198]

@ISitOn MyArm it's how he indicates his butthurt

[@vladkruto9469]

Hate the people who are always so proud of themselves bc they think they have free will. It's also the most common argument against the idea that we are animals and thus something better.

[@vladkruto9469]

@Royce Well, it's not like the kind of hate that I would like to kill them or smth. It's more like that some are getting really on my nerves. And I am talking about people who are really proud that they have free will. People who brag about how idividual they are. Second, I don't see humans so nihilistic. I think it is nice when people live happy bc it is very hard for some to be happy nowdays. Especially when you were confronted with many bs people. I just don't like arrogancy as much no matter how talented/hard earned/gifted they are

[@vladkruto9469]

@Hippy Dippy That's right. Maybe I should have said it better. What I really meant was that there is a common belief that the only difference between human and animals is that we have free will.

[@theradgegadgie6352]

I don't get this. If we posit that free will exists, for the sake of conversation, why would animals NOT have it? Not having a mind as developed and functional as a human's doesn't mean they wouldn't have some vestige.

[@vladkruto9469]

@@theradgegadgie6352 I said it's a common belief. Doesn't mean i think the same

[@theradgegadgie6352]

@Illustra I didn't say that. I asked would would anyone say they didn't have it, assuming we accept for the moment that it exists at all.

[@vickielawson3114]

That picture of Borat with your head at 2:11 was cute!

[@MysticRamblings]

Original title: "Do You Have Free Will?" Answer: Nope!

[@CRzyHDedJHny]

That's impossible to know for sure

[@CRzyHDedJHny]

Reason being, there's no way to know if any thought in your head was something you thought, or some higher being put it there. It kinda comes full circle, in that the fact that the thought of thinking about if you have free will could be put there by someone or something else. Kinda hurts my brain to think about.

[@SkaterBlades]

Unless you're from china or north korea

[@RK-rb2jr]

@@CRzyHDedJHny if we assume logic than it is definitively true.

[@CRzyHDedJHny]

@@SkaterBlades even there you have free will, there's just concequences to your actions that not everyone has to experience.

[@12kenbutsuri]

It doesn't matter if you have free will or not for punishments. Even if there is no free will, just having punishments itself has an effect on the human behavior.

[@sarahcmcalpine]

Hey Thoughty2! I absolutely love your videos! They are always well-researched and well-made. Could you please make a video about the philosophy of ethics or moral theory? i.e. Utilitarianism vs Kantian Ethics. I am really interested in it and I think it would make a great video!

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

12:01 That's just input lag.

[@diracflux]

@1:08 "If there’s on thing I’ve learnt in this life, it is to never eat Satan”s c...." 🤔 Looking forward to the story behind that one.

[@theoldfinalchapters8319]

The demonic rooster.

[@JOELINCOLN66]

thanks for the Update love you❤

[@justlisten82]

If only animals could take us to court... we are all going away for life.

[@dlb4299]

If our pets could talk many of us would be in jail.

[@justlisten82]

@@dlb4299 yeah indeed

[@exile4life174]

Did anyone else notice the lottery numbers were all 42's lol i love this guy

[@LoDSwifty1]

It was determined your script would autocorrect 'Causal' to 'Casual'.

[@drzaanko4255]

I started thinking about this when I was about 15 or so, I could never explain it to my parents or friends though. Everyone just thought I was stupid or insane. I'm still unsure if we have freewill. Doubt it. You dont select where you are born or as what you are born, you dont pick your parents either so you get a random body with a random brain configuration that impacts how you think and you are basically programed by outside world and other people as you grow up and live your life. Every action is just a reaction based on your experiences and instincts... so every choice you make isnt a "choice" it's a reaction.

[@theredloro2138]

Makes sense but for me I’ve been through a lot of rough experiences I’ve encountered many negative people and have had my fair share of trauma but even so I still managed to be a more positive person. I’ve known people who have gone through worse than me as well and many of them still manage to stay positive despite their experiences. So I believe we have the ability to allow what does and doesn’t impact us. I could be wrong but that’s my take.

[@MeaneyK]

Thoughty 2: Do you have free will? Putins opponents : yes’nt

[@emmanuelbett1373]

The surprised bar man when the man got the slap explains everything!😂😂

[@alphamorion4314]

Video title: "Does free will actually exists?" Actual video: "Criminal bears scared with disco lights, demon chickens and quantum physics" Video conclusion: "Who cares?"

[@jaysimpson1689]

“Do you have free will?” My wife: Yes Me: I’m married...of course not.

[@faismasterx]

Your wife's boyfriend: Yes.

[@themurmeli88]

Of course not, your wife is spending it all. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@irwinjoshua3435]

Dont ever stop making videos. U the only thing that hasnt changed in my life

[@philipwirono3770]

"In this world, is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or law? Is it like the hand of God hovering above? At least it is true that man has no control; even over his own will. " anyone else thinking of this quote when seeing this video?

[@biologydoesntlie4093]

Beserk fan I like that

[@philipwirono3770]

@@biologydoesntlie4093 The quote just fit the topic in my head.

[@ForkInTheRoad33]

original title: Why your future is entirely predictable

[@alucardtepes8402]

Did he change it twice?

[@chelsmck]

i just refreshed the page and it changed from this to 'Do you really have free will?'

[@legopadmeamidala2683]

Now it's "Does Free Will Actually Exist?".

[@ForkInTheRoad33]

@@legopadmeamidala2683 Thank you for stating the obvious

[@harmmoney3397]

"Hey Thoughty2, want a BLT for lunch?" Thoughty2: Pulling out a slideshow and pointer "Wait.."

[@RationallySkeptical]

Never seen anyone need over 18 minutes to say "no" before.

[@gJonii]

I have some respect for this channel so I hope the answer won't be "no". I hate the simplistic teenager edgy philosophy hot take

[@Legendaryium]

@@gJonii how is this teengar edgy? what the hell?

[@Tethloach1]

Well the answer is a soft " no". possible answers for free will are the following: " no" "yes" "maybe" " who knows" "who's asking?" " who wants to know?" "how much?" "when?" "who cares?" "all of the above" "none of the above"

[@andreab380]

The answer in this video is most definitely not "no". It's "we don't know yet for these reasons (...)". Knowing what you don't know and why you don't know is the actual skeptical position.

[@gJonii]

@@Legendaryium The "determinism contradicts free will" idea is super popular among high schoolers, based on the sophisticated understanding of philosophy you only get on courses preparing you for philosophy 101. In short, what this video is about is so called "Libertarian free will". It's a concept that was more or less invented to be refuted. No one believes in it and in general anyone who understands any of philosophy won't think it's a desireable quality, logically coherent quality, or the quality words "free will" should refer to. Making it the perfect high schooler target. It's a concept that falls apart on its own, so refuting it is easy, and the conclusion, after sneakily adding "free will = libertarian free will", is super obviously stupid and contrarian.

[@jeremydewitte5952]

how does he put so many videos out so quick, we need an episode of thoughty2 about thoughty2!

[@Lyle-xc9pg]

10:06 lol, "casual determinism" Its causal determinism

[@dmb198302]

5:56 The word I saw was 'causal', the word I hear was 'casual'. (edited timestamp and spelling)

[@icy3037]

This is like my biggest pet peeve

[@arjunarun9147]

what

[@kyleyoung2464]

nope, someone made me wright this.

[@vladkruto9469]

Your brain made you do it

[@bleach4052]

Brain controls all bOi

[@Andrew0you0tube]

Actually the new title poses a better question. Because no, Free Will doesn't exist since you simply can't define it without self-contradiction. And no, Thoughty2 poorly researched this problem because he reducted everything to "determinism vs free will", implying that only determinism could destroy this idea, which is not actually true. He didn't even explain how free will could emerge from quantum uncerntainty, the random events we don't have any control over. How could "free will" come from randomness and not conscious desicion? So basically the reality is that either your actions can be explained and predicted by the activity in your brain, in which case you don't have free will, OR your desicions are based on undeterministic random events, which you don't have any control over, so no free will in this case either. So the problem goes much deeper than simple "determinism = no free will, not determinism = free will", you should also explain what is the source of it, which is not actually possible Btw goodle "the man with 7 second memory", you'll see how predictable our actions really are in some conditions

[@binkz5987]

I tend to think of different sides of the same coin...hot & cold ...light & dark ...free will & determinism...

[@generalgrievous2055]

Remember when the title was "do you have free will?" I do, anyway, freedom is free to an extent, think about it. You didn't choose to be born, or randomly think about that cringy thing you did 3 years ago, or that you're currently automatically breathing. You didn't choose to think or do that

[@RowynOfficial]

Well I’m not automatically breathing anymore.......

[@EddieHammerhead]

The original title was already changed, it was "Why your future is entirely predictable"

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

You don't choose to think or do anything. And any "choice" is either determined for you by prior events or it is random. Either way, you had no freedom.

[@CbrSec]

When I was in Uni, I wrote a paper about determinational free will. Got A+ . That theme is in my "yard"

[@cathyhamlin3611]

I would be interested in your work what determinism is in yout research

[@das5842]

Great video, love your sense of humor in dealing with it!

[@donm5354]

PATRICK TURNIP HEAD: "Time to invest in Gamestop" PATRICK TURNIP HEAD: "Sorry about not telling you it was going from $500 to $60".

[@dans3158]

Will is an interpretation of an experience that has no will. The body doesn’t experience, the body is being experienced.

[@Yurr851]

I live in Basel Switzerland and never knew about that chicken that was killed. I think that is very interesting because the cockatrice became some sort of a „mascot“ of our city. We have about 30 fountains with a cockatrice spitting water distributed in the whole city and you see statues or paintings of them all around the city.

[@someguy4003]

More freewill equals more anarchy. Less freewill is a dictatorship as well as a dystopia. Kinda have to be in the little gray area meaning eh, we kinda have freewill. Thats my take

[@yuppittyyippity1498]

Lol, freedom and free will are not the same

[@someguy4003]

@@yuppittyyippity1498 freedom is the right to exercise freewill so its fundamental.

[@klondike444]

@@someguy4003 You have to have free will in order to exercise it - and you don't.

[@LakshyaD]

i remember this guy wearing a coat and not having that mustache