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Created-At: 2026-05-31T22:03:51Z
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Samuel Harris wears many hats, but the real debate he stirs is not biology-it's whether determinism negates moral responsibility. His neuroscience credentials don't immunize his philosophical claims, and treating free will as an illusion risks erasing accountability. Readers should separate provocative rhetoric from consensus science and weigh ethics as a practical framework, not a metaphysical cudgel.