| Teeqoz said: snip |
Ääh stop with those teapot examples, those are what I use when discussing about possible existence of god :) What I was trying to say, I don't think I'm asking you to prove a negative, because making decicions and have a free will to act (to some degree) is something we all do everyday and feel the existence of it. You are claiming that something we can feel actually doesn't exist, that's more like asking me to prove that this discussion doesn't exist. If you know even the basics of how chemicals and signals in our brain work, do share because I want to know how it's enough to see free will doesn't conform with the laws of physics.
"We don't know everything, because we don't know how all the reactions interact, but that has no effect on wether we have free will." Why doesn't it have any effect on wether we have free will? Do scientists agree that free will doesn't exist and we are pretty much programmed or is it just a theory?
Unfortunately my english isn't good enough to listen to that book you recommended.
Mind you, I'm not religious at all and for all I know what you are saying could be true. I think it's just another possibility. I can't say god, any higher power, afterlife, soul or whatever doesn't exist even if I don't believe in them. Why am I telling you this? Because I've no interest whatsoever to have a debate with you or prove you wrong, I just want to learn about this thought more.
edit. I'll add a quote from VXIII´s comment here about emotions: "Why? Complexity of the chemical reactions? How and why? Was each chemical reaction linked to a certain behavior? Such a statement cannot be thrown like that without factual evidence. It brings more questions than answers." Factual evidence is what we need here.
