Free WILL Might Be Fake | The 1983 Experiment That Broke Free Will

Your brain makes decisions before you're even aware of them — and there's a real experiment that proved it. In 1983, neuroscientist Benjamin Libet asked volunteers to do something incredibly simple: move their wrist whenever they felt like it. What he discovered in the data changed neuroscience forever — and the debate it started is still unresolved over 40 years later. This video breaks down the Libet experiment, the "readiness potential," the concept of "free won't," and the 2008 follow-up study that made things even stranger. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - The Experiment Setup 01:40 - The Readiness Potential 02:50 - The 350ms Gap 04:00 - Free Won't 05:15 - The 2008 Update 06:30 - Three Camps of Scientists 07:30 - What It Actually Means If you found this interesting, the channel covers paradoxes, psychology, and ideas that make you rethink how your own mind works. Join the Discord to suggest the next topic: [link] #freewill #neuroscience #psychology #philosophy #libetexperiment