The Surgery That Proved There Is No Free Will

Go to https://hensonshaving.com/shavingwithjoe and enter "SHAVINGWITHJOE" at checkout to get 100 free blades with your purchase.  Starting in the 1940s, a new surgery was being explored to help people with severe epilepsy which involved severing communication between the two hemispheres of the brain. It worked, but caused some very strange side effects. As researchers began to study these side effects, it led to an entirely new understanding of the brain; including the surprising fact that we really don’t have control over our decisions. Read more about split-brain experiments in Dr. Michael Gazzaniga’s fascinating book, Who’s In Charge? https://a.co/d/atzdmH4 Here’s a speech Dr. Gazzaniga gave at the University of Edinburgh in 2009:    • Michael Gazzaniga - What We Are   Want to support the channel? Here's how: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Channel Memberships:    / @joescott   T-Shirts & Merch: http://www.answerswithjoe.com/store Check out my 2nd channel, Joe Scott TMI:    / @joescott-tmi   And my podcast channel, Conversations With Joe:    / @conversationswithjoe   You can listen to my podcast, Conversations With Joe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify 👉 https://spoti.fi/37iPGzF Apple Podcasts 👉 https://apple.co/3j94kfq Google Podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3qZCo1V Interested in getting a Tesla or going solar? Use my referral link and get discounts and perks: https://ts.la/joe74700 Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe LINKS LINKS LINKS    • Men in Black (1997) - The Galaxy Is on Ori...   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Wolcot... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... https://www.britannica.com/science/optic-n... https://www.epsyhealth.com/seizure-epileps... TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - What Made You Click? 1:35 - Who's In Charge? 3:39 - Split-Brain Surgery 7:37 - The Two Hemispheres 12:00 - The Differences In The Hemispheres 20:12 - The Question of Free Will and Emergence Theory 26:00 - Sponsor - Henson Shaving