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  • When we are reading a novel, and we see a character struggle with a decision, then make a choice, the outcome for rest of their story may hinge on *their* choice. But they have no Free Will. The whole book or movie is already in existence as we…
    in The Brain Stem of Free Will Comment by NotTheConstantName December 2008
  • Ho! Are we going to have a discussion about what "change" means? (It was traditionally always London cab drivers who denied the existence of change. Or at least, they'd never have any of it on them. But I digress.) Exhibit 1: "The Tao Te C…
    in The Brain Stem of Free Will Comment by NotTheConstantName November 2008
  • New comment to an old post I just read for the first time. Carl. I believe in your idea of no-free-will in the sense of our self-conscious fooling itself about it making all of the decisions. But this is not the Free Will that is knocked out…
    in The Brain Stem of Free Will Comment by NotTheConstantName November 2008
  • My apologies for not having responded earlier and to have left the thread dangling. If there are "sub-conscious" origins to the kind of thought processes I'm talking about I can't see how those origins are going to be open for inspection by our c…
    in A Dream of Death Comment by NotTheConstantName September 2008
  • [cite] Carl:[/cite] Oh that's easy. All that is required is a loss of faith in word meaning. ... Cease believing that monkeys are monkeys, that pink is pink and presto chango! Just say "No!" I think that you are glossing over a step …
    in A Dream of Death Comment by NotTheConstantName August 2008
  • Thanks Lynn, and sorry to sound like I was inviting a reply from only Carl. Someone said "hearts gotta beat; brains gotta think"; it's the nature of our brain to think. Let it be. The kind of thinking I mean though, is the kind of thinking t…
    in A Dream of Death Comment by NotTheConstantName August 2008
  • I'm glad you found the interview interesting. I recognized a lot of what he was talking about when I saw it originally in the nineties, and have always remembered it. Then, a few months ago I found that someone had posted it on YouTube. Now, abo…
    in A Dream of Death Comment by NotTheConstantName July 2008
  • The following video is well worth watching. A famous British playright, dying of cancer gives a last interview on TV. Keep watching to hear him talk of how "the nowness of everything is absolutely wondrous". A textbook example of achievin…
    in A Dream of Death Comment by NotTheConstantName July 2008