Information and free will: make a decision! (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 02:48 (4736 days ago) @ dhw

The complexity of these mechanisms is mind-boggling, and each finding makes it less clear what actually performs the boggle! I believe it was Tony (balance_maintained) who compared the brain to a computer and asked what operated it. The above choice of words (“not a window into the soul”) is striking, but even if the mechanisms do turn out to be self-operating materials, there is still no way one can confidently claim that chance is capable of starting off the process that led to their assembly.

If you think what you have read is mind-bogglingly complex try this article on decision making:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228381.800-decision-time-how-subtle-forces-shap...