The mind is but a plaything of the body. There's more and more evidence that most decision-making takes place in parts of our brain we don't control, and our co

The mind is but a plaything of the body. There's more and more evidence that most decision-making takes place in parts of our brain we don't control, and our conscious mind absurdly takes credit for decisions that were considered and completed before we are even aware a decision was taking place. As if our consciousness is a kid in the passenger seat of a car with one of those fake toy steering wheels attached to the dashboard in front of them, imagining that their actions are steering the car while our subconscious is really doing the deciding from the driver's seat. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23367-brain-imaging-spots-our-abstract-choices-before-we-do/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23367-brain-imaging-s... Our bodies keep the higher mind around for some useful forms of complex problem-solving, but for day-to-day life the body simply tricks you into thinking you're in control. It's incredible how much of an hallucinatory experience it is to be human.