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Moreover, there's scientific evidence against it [..] No, there isn't. All the interpretations of the results of the experiments since Libet make one crucial u
by Confusion 16y ago
Moreover, there's scientific evidence against it [..]
No, there isn't. All the interpretations of the results of the experiments since Libet make one crucial unsupported assumption: that rationality and free will must always be exercised by the conscious mind.
This assumption is unwarranted and a gross underestimation of the importance and abilities of our subconsciousness. There is no reason to suppose that your subconscious mind can't make a score of rational, and free, decisions, upon which your conscious mind gets to reflect only some time later. The fact that your mind came upon a conclusion in a subconscious manner does not mean it is irrational or 'unfree': it just means you didn't get the time to reflect on it, before it was acted upon.