Researchers challenging the popular interpretation of Libet's intention experiments theatlantic.com
Submitted by BIG_RAIN_THUNDERSTORM in just_post (edited )
potential issue with using Libet's experiments to determine anything about free will: people are more willful when presented with actual options instead of deciding when to randomly twitch one finger while sitting still.
i will be using my free will to make Sam Harris trip and fall psychokinetically.
hate the atlantic and the comparison of the brain to the stock market.
probably a good thing that the press doesn't engage with this stuff realistically at all and just wants to beat people down with existential malaiseππππππ
Moonside wrote
Tbh my ignorant ass opinion is that free will is real, but the mind is more contingent on outside factors than people generally think.