(May 8, 2016 at 1:10 pm)Losty Wrote:(May 8, 2016 at 8:28 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: You don't think you're forced to either participate or not at any given moment by processes in your brain that you couldn't possibly control? Not to mention, if your internet connection was suddenly lost, or something similar happened, that too would be outside of your control and you'd be forced to stop participating in the thread, whether you wanted to or not.
Perhaps the process in his brain is only happening because he wants to participate in the thread? Perhaps his wanting to caused the brain reaction? Perhaps had he not wanted to his brain would have reacted differently?
Are you arguing for the existence of souls?