The self-declared public intellectuals like Sam Harris and Robert Sapolsky who so confidently assert that free will does not exist, do not at all appear to see the contradiction. Clockwork humans driven purely by internal bodily process and external stimuli cannot claim that their thoughts are rational, universal and independent of time. Their proclamations are merely their bodies telling them what to say, depending on what they ate and drank at their last meal.
The self-declared public intellectuals like Sam Harris and Robert Sapolsky who so confidently assert that free will does not exist, do not at all appear to see the contradiction. Clockwork humans driven purely by internal bodily process and external stimuli cannot claim that their thoughts are rational, universal and independent of time. Their proclamations are merely their bodies telling them what to say, depending on what they ate and drank at their last meal.