(June 14, 2018 at 7:36 am)ignoramus Wrote: Kitty, what Poca is trying to say is that nobody technically has free will as our thoughts are made milliseconds before they appear in our mind.
We are not in control of our subconsciousness.
If I say pick a number between 1 and 10,000, the number you pick will be based on thousands of variables which your powerful brain numbercrunches to spit out a result which seems random to you but is far from random. I don't even think we are capable of true random thought.
I know what Poca wants to say, our brain specialist
but I still think that we have free will ... maybe it's limited sometimes, sometimes overrated ... but we still have it ...
Of course, it is to some extent conditioned by our origin, environment, education... but you can always say yes or no ... even if you think you can't act otherwise because your brain tells you that and such and no other choice but you feel that you want choose something else ... then you can do it ... because this election is just a free will, possibility of making choices!
I'm not talking about the randomness of our brain with small decisions ... but about life's thoughtful choices ... it's free will...
"Alone is what I have. Alone protects me."
“I may be on the side of the angels but don’t think for one second that I am one of them.”
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day."
“I may be on the side of the angels but don’t think for one second that I am one of them.”
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day."
