Lecture on the illusion of free will: Does consciousness make decisions or merely observe them afterward? Is the sense of authorship over actions reliable or illusory? Where is the boundary between automatic brain processes and the 'self'? Can the unified subject fragment, and what happens to free will? Why do people feel external forces, spirits, or 'foreign will'? Is there room for responsibility, morality, and personal choice in the scientific worldview?

Topics: — Consciousness: decisions or post-fact awareness? — Authorship: real or illusion? — Self vs. brain processes — Subject fragmentation and free will — Experiences of external interventions — Morality and choice in science

Speaker: Alexander Panchin, PhD in Biology, Enlightener Prize winner, author of 'Immortality or Death', council member of the Evolution Foundation, creator of a popular YouTube channel.

Delivered in Russian.