(December 15, 2014 at 1:34 pm)Chuck Wrote: What reason is there for it to be more free if it were 100% external to the body?Simply put, no chemicals generating the 'free will'. But I understand that this begs the question of what is awareness.
I do not have a better answer than anyone else, only my opinions.
It has been shown that chemicals and electrical stimuli can induce various reactions and emotions in humans which suggests that we are no more than biochemical robots programmed by evolution. There was even an experiment done in the 70s that suggests our brains 'make up' stories to account for our perceptions and this fools our awareness into thinking that we have free will.
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-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
