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  • ShiftPlusOne
    Quite interesting: Illusion of consciousness - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6958873142520847424#
    December 2010
    • upalabhava
      upalabhava
      I like it.
    • upalabhava
      upalabhava
      Ah, great! She gets into the Libet experiments.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Libet#Volitional_acts_and_readiness_potential
    • ShiftPlusOne
      ShiftPlusOne
      It's quite crazy. When they talk about "free won't", wouldn't the brain's message to stop an action happen before we consciously decide to stop an action as well? If that's true, we have no free will at all. O_o We're just constantly processing external stimuli, comparing them to previous experiences and acting accordingly. That's really no different to a computer.