Posted: Jan 11, 2017 5:29 pm
Cito di Pense wrote:PensivePenny wrote:It seems equally ludicrous to me to that we have absolutely no control of our lives or we have absolute control of our lives. It seems to me far more reasonable that perhaps someday, science will learn about the boundaries our brains place on our ability to choose.
The inventions of new technologies give you 'choices' you never had before. Science can't tell you the boundaries, because if it found some, it would try to see what was beyond them. "Here we go again..."
So you think we should desist with exploration simply because we can't see the far shore from our current position? Isn't that the same with the "Big Bang?" Why bother investigating the truth about the big bang since it will only lead to seeking what came before it... "here we go again?"
I have no problem with science exploration of the mind. It won't change my life regardless what they discover. I agree with you that people generally seem to be seeking justification for their philosophy which equals 'philosophy,' in this matter in particular.
As for the "boundaries" I mentioned in my previously posted, perhaps you'd have been more satisfied with "limitations?" I was speaking to the claim that one part of our brain has worked out an action before another part of our brain. To that I say, "so what?" It would be safe to draw from that the conclusion, that one part of our brain has worked out an action before, say the conscious. Leave it to the theologians and the philosophers to twist that knowledge into supporting or refuting their claims. What's so wrong with that?