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Brain has much more unconscious processing than conscious. Some of that processing deals with complex high level topics. Once the processing is done the result
by fsloth 8y ago
Brain has much more unconscious processing than conscious. Some of that processing deals with complex high level topics. Once the processing is done the result "pops" into conscious mind. It does not mean the conscious mind does not have free will, rather, that it works as an editor for a bunch of autonomous agents running in the background. Some of the feedback from those agents is bullshit and we are taught to fight against those impulses.
- naasking 8y ago> It does not mean the conscious mind does not have free will, rather, that it works as an editor for a bunch of autonomous agents running in the background. I rather think of it as an integrator, in that, it collects and integrates the results of various subsystems into a coherent "rationale" for why you've made a choice, and that rationale is then stored in your memory as "my choice".