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The Problem With A Clockwork Universe

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13.7: Cosmos And Culture

The Problem With A Clockwork Universe

January 22, 2014 • Is life (the universe and everything) just a series of predictable events, a chain of physics problems stringing all the way back to the Big Bang? Commentator Marcelo Gleiser takes on determinism.

The Choice Is Yours: The Fate Of Free Will

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13.7: Cosmos And Culture

The Choice Is Yours: The Fate Of Free Will

January 15, 2014 • We seem to make our own choices all the time: chicken instead of steak, a book instead of a movie, the beach instead of the mountains. But free will is an illusion in the eyes of some researchers. Commentator Marcelo Gleiser gives it some thought and decides he's not buying that argument.

On Being Overweight

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13.7: Cosmos And Culture

On Being Overweight

November 4, 2011 • I gain weight and you don't, even though we are the same size and eat the same amount. What does this tell us about ourselves?

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