The central idea from the Wikipedia article that I posted above, which Dr. Harris appeals to all throughout this book, is the experimental fact that researchers, using fMRI and other neuroimaging techniques, can determine, by a better than chance ratio, the choices that an individual is going to make before that person is conscious of that choice.
Can free will exist in the realm of unconscious choices? Can I, as a human being, make a unconscious choice? If so, in what sense can that choice be said to be "free"?
Can free will exist in the realm of unconscious choices? Can I, as a human being, make a unconscious choice? If so, in what sense can that choice be said to be "free"?