IIUC, the delays in question are between when the brain plans (possibly decides) (the action potential) to do a course of action, and when the mind becomes consciously aware of the decision.
Why would a several second delay between these two events have any implications on the existence or otherwise of free will? Cheers On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 09:21:50AM -0700, L.W. Sterritt wrote: > Libet's work is really dated. Soon et al, in Nature Neuroscience/ May 2008 > report time delays of several seconds. This does require explanation - more > sophisticated measurements that are not so easy to dismiss. > > L.W.Sterritt > > > On Aug 7, 2012, at 5:27 PM, Russell Standish wrote: > > > I never thought it did in the first place. > > > > What is BFD? > > > > On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 09:40:02PM -0400, Stephen P. King wrote: > >> http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22144-brain-might-not-stand-in-the-way-of-free-will.html > >> > >> This is a BFD! > >> > >> -- > >> Onward! > >> > >> Stephen > >> > >> "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed." > >> ~ Francis Bacon > >> > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Everything List" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > > Principal, High Performance Coders > > Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au > > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Everything List" group. > > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
