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> When I choose to move my arm, my conciseness decides that, it somehow interacts with my brain, which starts firing neurons in the physical world. The consciou
by joshuapants 12y ago
> When I choose to move my arm, my conciseness decides that, it somehow interacts with my brain, which starts firing neurons in the physical world. The consciousness becomes before the physical in that case.
You have this backwards, your arm moves and then your "consciousness" decides to perform the action after the fact, as demonstrated in the Libet experiment among others.
- amalag 12y agoYet another misinterpreation of the Libet experiment. As Wikipedia and Libet say: >Libet finds that conscious volition is exercised in the form of 'the power of veto' (sometimes called "free won't"[9][10]); the idea that conscious acquiescence is required to allow the unconscious buildup of the readiness potential to be actualized as a movement. So he never denied conscious volition, he described it differently. Yet people claim the experiments denied conscious volition.
- macspoofing 12y agoSame difference. Where do you think this "free won't" originates?
- collyw 12y agoThe same place the universe originated from. What do you mean, science doesn't have an answer for that either???
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