Free will again (Humans)

by romansh , Saturday, March 17, 2012, 21:13 (4632 days ago) @ dhw

I'd very much like to know what Romansh himself and others make of it, and especially of the above conclusion. -Like Bella when I ask myself the question am I conscious, I too seem to awake. And if I think back on my days experience I realize I have not been been conscious or at least present - what ever that means. I have memories of my thoughts and perceptions. These are very scattered though. But until I ask that question I had not been consciously self aware. -Regarding Bella's chatter yep it was there but that too is largely irretrievable at not easily retrievable.-Blackmore's conclusion that she is not conscious is I think largely a matter of convention, if you see what I mean. The point of the link was twofold, 1) if we have no free will then our consciousness is not what it seems. There is no independent me in my brain, and 2) if consciousness does not exist (at least in the sense we perceive it) then it pointless to have consciousness in our definition of free will.-The question Blackmore asks (for me) is there any difference between the awakened/present moment and the "less" conscious moments. The way I read Blackmore her answer is No. I can see why she says this.