CrazyHorse said:
The question of whether our consciousness or 'mind', as some people refer to it, is a product of biology (and hence evolution I suppose) or whether it is seperate or greater than our physical body has been philosopically and religiously debated for centuries. Over the past decade or so we are finally at a stage where we can put our ideas about consciousness to the test (albeit still in fairly simple experiments). This is a huge step in helping to understand evolutionary biology in terms of being able to explain how humans (and higher apes) have this self awareness where as other animals do not without having to resort to any sort of metaphysical or religious grounds. As for the free will part, it has been my opinion for a while that humans don't have free will as it is commonly understood and this seems to provide some evidence of this being the case. |
OK, I understand now. Thanks for clearing that up.
What makes you think that people don't have free will? And if free will doesn't exist how can you possible hold anyone responsible for their actions? By that way of thinking, murderers murder and thieves steal because they don't have a choice...
