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October 28, 2019 at 11:52
There are no input causes, I am not talking about reaction but deliberation. Output causation happens at the end. "Brain waves", as defined, that is t...
October 28, 2019 at 11:24
Apparently I choose a very bad word - "receptor". But I am talking about abstract "brain patterns", I should not have used that word. I apologize for ...
October 28, 2019 at 09:04
It is an abstraction. I am talking in terms of logic not in terms of any other particular science. It seems you are not aware of the problem I am prop...
October 28, 2019 at 08:53
Please take a look at the opening post and notice how different patterns or "receptors" represent different affinities or probabilities for that optio...
October 28, 2019 at 08:26
There are plenty of concrete statements that are either true or false, and that is all that matters. So, please quote the statement you wish to addres...
October 28, 2019 at 07:58
I thought to define this mechanistically is to attempt solving what is called "mind-body problem" and also to address the question of possibility for ...
October 28, 2019 at 07:21
Randomness is not necessary. Imagine instead charge build up in those "choice receptors" to be simultaneous and at the same rate accross.
October 28, 2019 at 06:16
I mean this concept in particular: You can not choose otherwise because your choice is determined by who you are.
October 28, 2019 at 05:54
I actually have a lot more to say about and what goes along with this, like mechanism proposal for 'free will' with true downward causation, or so I w...
October 28, 2019 at 01:29