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title: "Free will, Game of Thrones, and a journey to the centre of the Earth"
date: "2015-06-30T10:46:56+01:00"
modified: "2015-06-30T10:46:56+01:00"
url: "https://newhumanist.org.uk/2015/06/30/free-will-game-of-thrones-and-a-journey-to-the-centre-of-the-earth/"
post_id: 6412
categories: ["Uncategorised"]
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# Free will, Game of Thrones, and a journey to the centre of the Earth

1\. [Is there a choice?](/articles/4885/is-there-a-choice)

Philosophers and scientists have long agonised over the question of free will. Two new books, by Julian Baggini and John Gray, offer some very different answers.

2\. [What would you see on a journey to the centre of the Earth?](/articles/4892/what-would-you-see-on-a-journey-to-the-centre-of-the-earth)

David Whitehouse takes us on a journey where crystals as big as cities and a sea of liquid metal are just some of the wonders you would see.

3\. [Bengalis abroad: the fiction of Amit Chaudhuri](/articles/4894/bengalis-abroad-the-fiction-of-amit-chaudhuri)

Fatema Ahmed, our lead fiction reviewer, argues that these semi-autobiographical novels make a case for another vision of literature and the world.

4\. [Is there a future for humanitarian intervention?](/articles/4895/is-there-a-future-for-humanitarian-intervention)

The principle has been greatly tarnished in recent years, writes David Wearing. In an unstable world, does it have a future?

5\. [Why Game of Thrones is more than fantasy](/articles/4883/why-game-of-thrones-is-more-than-fantasy)

*Game of Thrones* is not just great television. It speaks to the social and political struggles of our times.

*[May’s top long-reads.](/articles/4878/amartya-sen-on-the-battleground-of-history-religious-free-schools-and-russias-faith-healers)*

*[More on our Summer issue – out now](/articles/4834/the-spring-2015-new-humanist-is-out-nowhttps://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/4874/the-summer-2015-new-humanist-is-out-now).*