Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 20:40:52 GMT
Mar 14, 2017 8:58:28 GMT @miccee said:
Where's the evidence that humans can choose which thoughts to think before thinking them? 
And why is it 'free will' when humans make a choice, but not when an insect or computer does.
And there's nothing wrong with wanting to be a causal factor in changing the beliefs of others, even if I am aware that I myself am caused to want to be a causal factor,
The fact that you are overthinking this is an indication of free will. Most people have other things to think about.
That said, animals are more driven by instinct although they do make choices.
Computers are limited to their programming.
There could be a case made that humans are only acting on what they are capable of doing, but there becomes the added category of complexity. If there are a million options to choose from as a fix set of programming or instinct, then maybe that number is what defines free will.
Free will is basically the ghost in the machine that nobody can describe or explain how it works, or how it interacts with causal factors.
A million options from which to choose means nothing if you are predetermined to hone into one option which suits your preferences, your biases, your circumstances and your train of thought at the time of approaching the choice.