Benjamin Libet (2002) conducted experiments designed to determine the timing of conscious willings or decisions to act in relation to brain activity associated with the physical initiation of behavior. Interpretation of the results is highly controversial. Libet himself concludes that the studies provide strong evidence that actions are already underway shortly before the agent wills to do it. As a result, we do not consciously initiate our actions, though he suggests that we might nonetheless retain the ability to veto actions that are initiated by unconscious psychological structures. In Kane, Robert, ed., (2002). Oxford Handbook on Free Will. New York: Oxford University Press.
RP's moral position is ancient, though these modern experiments don't ell us much more than we are not as rational as we generally suppose. Time is just in the present Al? Has your watch stopped! On Wednesday, December 24, 2014 8:07:18 AM UTC, RP Singh wrote: > > Freedom is for those who make the conscious effort to discipline and > change themselves , but for those who care not it is bondage. > > On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 11:26 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ñothing is predetermined for simple reason time only exists in the >> present. Pre determination is nothing more than simple cause and effect. >> If you know the cause you can predict the outcome. Change the cause the >> effect. Predernination is but an ìllusion. >> >> ~~ >> لا القتل، والاغتصاب أو استعباد الآخرين >> Do not murder, rape or enslave others >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: RP Singh <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 2:36 >> Subject: Mind's Eye Freedom >> >> Though everything is predetermined we are completely free. It is up to us >> to remove negative feelings from our hearts and keep good feelings and >> emotions , it is up to us to change our attitudes and thinking and act and >> behave in a rational and humanitarian way. Although God is our innermost >> Being , He is so also of all of us and thus separate from us as we are all >> separate from each other , and as such it is our choice to keep faith in >> him and not lose hope even in the most dire circumstances. >> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> ""Minds Eye"" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> ""Minds Eye"" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
