Information and free will: brain scan value? (Introduction)

by dhw, Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 13:30 (4736 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

There are two posts from Tony (balance_maintained) on this subject that are full of delightful gems.

1) A quote from the article David was referring to: “The problems begin, however, when researchers attempt to take complex psychological phenomena, such as the experience of love, and reduce them to particular blobs of cortex.”

2) When is science going to learn that you can not simply ignore the things you don’t want to deal with?

3) We are more than the sum of our parts...much much more.

4) Still, as a resident theist, I have to agree that taking the time to just simply marvel [...] is definitely worth it.

As a resident agnostic, I endorse all the above with much enthusiasm. Apologies for the ellipsis in 4) but I have my reputation to think of!