I mostly disagree with that assessment. Perhaps in short span time constraint moments there is a rash decision process that poses mere split second evaluation. But generally I find that pondering an idea easily allows for the self to initiate free will while directing focus on a desired outcome. I think this is exactly what differentiates how few of us project their realities from most who don't seem to grasp the idea and live in a post state reality always wondering what happened. This may be at the core of human frailty and inability to coalesce. I think it takes a great deal of mental energy to achieve the state of being in control but I see it as highly possible and feel I've accomplished much by living it. I often project on a potential reality then focus on what remedies are necessary for a satisfactory end result should the potential transition to actual. I see it as being one step ahead of what Libet is suggesting. My "self" projects, my brain decides and then I become aware of the decision which I still can veto at the last minute, it's an exercise of my free will.
On Jul 22, 9:29 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > Are we in control of ourselves, our lives, our families, our worlds? > Or are we just aware and knowing what one can do if something > unpredictable happens? > There are many explanations for why we do what we do. For example, > Thomas Metzinger's new Book, The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind > and the Myth of the Self, seriously questions whether there is even an > "I", let alone a "we." And Douglas Hofstadter's book, I Am a Strange > Loop, contends that the "self" is a recursively self-referencing > memory loop. > > Hundreds of experiments by Benjamin Libet and others tend to > conclusively confirm that our brain prepares to execute our decisions > before we are even aware that anything is being decided. It alerts us > to our decisions only in time (a split second) for us to veto them. > > Seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Libet, as well as Benjamin > Libet's book, Mind Time, and Walter J. Freeman's book, How Brains Make > Up Their Minds. > > It is quite likely that we have no so-called "free will" other than > veto power over our specific actions. Our free will may consist > instead of 1) being mindful about any ill-serving subliminal > intentions and tendencies that inform our actions so that we are > accordingly prepared to veto any action that they correspondingly > inform, and of 2) programming (or reprogramming) our subliminal > intentions to be more productive of the experiencing that we most > desire. > > Do we have the power to create our realities? Are we in control? > What do YOU think? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
