Harris on free will: free will defended (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, June 22, 2015, 14:46 (3443 days ago) @ romansh

David: I don't control my brain chemistry any more than you reach inside your computer to control the transistors. I make my brain have thoughts. The neurons respond chemically.-> Romansh: Where exactly does this 'I' that makes your brain have thoughts reside?-In my consciousness. I'm sure you have one also. 
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> > David: I make my brain produce the conscious thoughts I want to appear. I think there is a marked degree of dualism. None of us can show how consciousness arises from the matter of the brain.-> Romansh: I only have other people's anecdotal stories for consciousness. We also think we see colours, but the physics is difficult to reconcile with our perception.-But we have the perceptions and most of us in a group will agree to the color we all are seeing. 
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> Romansh: Dualism as a concept to me seems like an illusion.-But is it? Our consciousness is not an anatomic entity.-> 
> Romansh: You control what you think? Really?
> Not only is not clear how you do it, it is not clear that we do. 
> It is clear that we have the perception of control.-That perception can be reality. Just because we cannot describe how consciousness arises does not mean it isn't real and under our control.