RE: Do you believe in free will?
March 15, 2012 at 12:34 am
(This post was last modified: March 15, 2012 at 12:47 am by The Grand Nudger.)
"Attempting to refute" lol, no, I'm asking if you have anything to add, from anywhere. I don't beat around the bush, I don't blather on about ancillary points. Is there a ghost in the machine? Simple question, simple answers. The thing that we refer to as "self" is understood to be an effect of the brain. Unless you disagree. If so, I'm dying to hear why. The idea is the machine, electrical impulses, chemical reactions. Arguments are unconvincing to me in the face of evidence. That you feel this is handwaving is unconvincing to me, in the face of evidence. What is it that you want, a statement of complete knowledge? We don't have it, but what we do have remains. That would be, again, in case I was unclear, evidence. Your incinerated planet argument, is again, unconvincing to me, as is what you or any buddhist would contend.
A single disembodied consciousness would suffice. A single "idea" not found directly connected to the varying functions the brain performs.
A single disembodied consciousness would suffice. A single "idea" not found directly connected to the varying functions the brain performs.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
