<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Does Neuroscience Kill Free&nbsp;Will?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://andrewsullivan.readymadeweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/6a00d83451c45669e2015393184e99970b.jpg" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Brain" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451c45669e2015393184e99970b" src="http://andrewsullivan.readymadeweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/6a00d83451c45669e2015393184e99970b-550wi.jpg" style="width: 515px;" title="Brain" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://andrewsullivan.readymadeweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/6a00d83451c45669e2015393184e99970b.jpg" style="display: inline;"></a>Professor Patrick Haggard <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/8058541/Neuroscience-free-will-and-determinism-Im-just-a-machine.html" target="_self">argues</a>&#0160;it does. He subjected himself to &quot;transcranial    magnetic stimulation,&quot; where magnetic coils affect    one&#39;s brain and control minor movements in the body:</p> <blockquote> <p>The idea that our bodies can be controlled by an outside force is a pretty    astonishing one. &quot;This is absolutely out of my control,&quot; insists    Prof Haggard, as his muscles continue to move. &quot;I&#39;m not doing it,    Christina is. I&#39;m just a machine, and she is operating me.&quot;</p> </blockquote> <p>Eddy Nahmias <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/is-neuroscience-the-death-of-free-will/?ref=opinion#" target="_self">wants</a> a different definition of free will:</p> <blockquote> <p>If we put aside the misleading idea that free will depends on  supernatural souls rather than our quite miraculous brains, and if we  put aside the mistaken idea that our conscious thinking matters most in  the milliseconds before movement, then neuroscience does not kill free  will.&#0160; Rather, it can help to explain our capacities to control our  actions in such a way that we are responsible for them. It can help us  rediscover free will.</p> </blockquote> <p>Michael Gazzaniga <a href="http://www.salon.com/2011/11/13/the_controversial_science_of_free_will/singleton/" target="_self">wonders</a>&#0160;how scientific advances will change our understanding of free will:</p>]]></html><thumbnail_url><![CDATA[https://sullydish.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/6a00d83451c45669e2015393184e99970b-550wi.jpg?fit=440%2C330]]></thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width><![CDATA[439]]></thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height><![CDATA[294]]></thumbnail_height></oembed>