Your brain built a reality bubble. Literature, science, and philosophy can pop it. (opens in new tab)

Neuroscientist David Eagleman, PhD and physicist Sean Carroll, PhD challenge two assumptions we’re only beginning to question: that our reality is the reality, and that physics leaves no room for free will. Eagleman explains how genetics, brain wiring, and experience shape each person’s inner world. Carroll argues that even in a lawful universe, incomplete knowledge, counterfactual reasoning, and responsibility make our choices matter. We created this video for , a Big Think interview series ...