This is one of the "big questions" along with "something rather than nothing" etc.
On 31 October 2013 12:35, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote: > On 30 October 2013 16:07, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We don’t know that chemical reactions are unconscious... > > The brain is chemical reactions and consciousness seems to happen when > these chemical reactions happen, and not when they don't happen. This > we know. We don't know if consciousness of a strange type happens when > a hammer hits a nail, for example. It might, it might not. The hammer > might also have free will: "I hit the nail because I decided to hit > the nail. If I didn't decide to hit the nail I wouldn't have hit it. > Sure, my action could be ascribed to a series of mechanistic events, > but these mechanistic events follow from my decision, not the other > way around." > > > -- > Stathis Papaioannou > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
