Free will could be the result of 'background noise' in the brain, study suggests - Science - News - The Independent

Posted by LetsShrug 9 years, 9 months ago to Entertainment
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This seems hugely misleading to me... "Free will" is not getting to choose right or left without warning. This is not even REAL "decision" making stuff. Free will would have been someone ripping that wired beanie off their head and saying. "This is a waste of my time and someone's money. I CHOOSE to leave. Did you see THAT coming??" or "Predict THIS!"
Also, they say the participant didn't know when the cue was coming so they couldn't prepare for it...the cue was at random intervals.... but the participant KNEW the cue would be coming at some point, so me thinks they could have prepared in advanced which way to move their eyes when the next cue showed up. No?
Someone's grasping at straws to discredit free-will.
SOURCE URL: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/free-will-could-be-the-result-of-background-noise-in-the-brain-study-suggests-9553678.html


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  • Posted by Maphesdus 9 years, 9 months ago
    So because our brains use electrical impulses in their functioning, that somehow proves that we don't have free will? What?
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  • Posted by Solver 9 years, 9 months ago
    "It's true that there's no such thing as free will. We can't help what we are or what we do. It's not our fault. Nobody's to blame for anything. It's all in your background ... and your glands. If you're good, that's no achievement of yours -- you were lucky in your glands. If you're rotten, nobody should punish you -- you were unlucky, that's all..."
    "Substantially correct," said Toohey. "To be logical, however, we should not think of punishment for those who are rotten. Since they suffered through no fault of their own, since they were unlucky and underendowed, they should deserve a compensation of some sort - more like a reward.”
    "Why - yes!" cried Keating. "That's ... that's logical." - The Fountainhead
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