Post by cupcakes on Jun 11, 2017 18:08:14 GMT
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@miccee said: Higher order cognitive abilities does not yield "free will". The output of our brains is still a product of the range of inputs to which the brain was exposed. Our brain is capable of processing a much broader an complex range of inputs than an ant is, and therefore it is much harder to predict what the output will be than if you were observing the behaviour of an ant. If you're defining free will just based on the complexity of the system producing the decision, then where do you draw the line? Do dolphins and orang-utans have free will? How about cats and dogs?
And nowhere was it even implied that "free will" was defined " just based on the complexity of the system producing the decision", but it is obvious for those not consumed by fervor that our more advanced cognitive organ allows us to consider and override our lizard brains to an incredibly larger degree than, well, lizards. Can neuroscience understand Donkey Kong?