/sci/ - Science & Math

>>7433322
>everything we do is actually involuntary
Reading comprehension issues? That was not the point and it is certainly not true. In the hot plate example, yes, because the reaction is a very primitive and instinctual one, but over time (as the brain developes a better model of itself and its surroundings) you can surely get around very well and make more or less "voluntary", planned and coordinated actions. All thanks to our memory helping out in the modeling process.

I say "voluntary" with quotes to avoid shitpost replies about free will/determenism. Some people seem to think that free will implies the ability to be completely in control of your whole organism/brain, which is of course ludicrous. We do have a limited free will, within our horizon of being. But the Being as such and most of the ongoing circumstances within it are of course beyond our control.