I'll need a primer of what the Libet experiment is/was. Thanks. :)
This is of great potential significance given everything that the Libet experiment was claimed to signify (the illusion of free will, most particularly)https://twitter.com/DegenRolf/status/1423600983674863621 …
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Basically, Libet's experiments suggest that neural activity for the motor action of pushing a button preceded conscious decision to push a button - supporting determinism. As a determinist, I have never found Libet's Readiness Potential necessary to support my view.
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sir when are you going to release your podcast with sheik hamza yusuf, did you not say on 5th of august
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i was waiting for it man since the announcement
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So there might be "ghost in the machine", something we individually experience as "I", steering in the currents of time after all. If we ever get how consciousness works, I bet we'll be awed by that knowledge.
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This whole conversation is beyond my IQ and yet will remain highly interesting in so many ways. But when IQ is irrelevant to interest.... I can only assume the ghost of RP tickled my free will and motivated my consciousness into becoming more interested... That's my conclusion.
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Wow, this is way above my pay grade. Interesting though.
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i.e. What was obviously foolish about Libets claims from the outset.
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the paradox of free will is so delicious and will never be satisfied for everyone because it's experiential. until you can escape the trap of your own mind and experience pure consciousness you will live in a world with the illusion of free will
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To assume consciousness is solely a matter of the brain is a reductionist point of view. The phenomenon we call consciousness remains a mystery. It is probably impossible to prove free will exist, therefore I choose to believe it does, given its proven psychological benefit.
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There is benefit in believing it doesn't exist also though
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