The
hardcore belief that all thoughts, choices, and actions are the inevitable, pre-determined outputs of electrochemical
brain processes. Free will is a compelling illusion generated by the
brain to explain its own operations to itself. You are a passive passenger watching the screen of consciousness, while the neural machinery below runs on the unbreakable laws of physics and chemistry.
Example: You "decide" to grab a
coffee. Neuropsychodeterminism says that decision was finalized milliseconds before you were consciously aware of it, triggered by a cascade of neural events stemming from your blood
sugar, prior caffeine addiction pathways, and sensory input. The "you" that feels in control is just a news ticker, not the editor. The movie "Free
Guy" hints at this—the
NPC's "choices" are just code executing. A neuropsychodeterminist sees humans as vastly more complex, but equally determined, biological NPCs.