RE: Do you believe in free will?
March 28, 2012 at 7:17 pm
(This post was last modified: March 28, 2012 at 7:19 pm by NoMoreFaith.)
(March 28, 2012 at 5:27 pm)oxymoron Wrote:(March 28, 2012 at 11:02 am)NoMoreFaith Wrote: So if we can show that the conscious can input back to the subconscious to change our state, then this is a demonstration of free will.
Well it's a description of a mechanism. I don't think there's anything "free" in there (in the sense that a theist would mean at any rate). We don't choose how our brains wire themselves, and we don't choose the external events in the world (they happen whether we like them or not), so there is no room for any sort of freedom in there.
You realise that was kinda my point right?
(March 28, 2012 at 6:16 pm)apophenia Wrote:
Too much Gish gallop for this fraulein. Bailing in 3... 2... 1..
I'd never heard that phrase before.. noting it down for future reference.
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If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
